The U.S. maternal mortality crisis is driven by various factors, but primary care providers are uniquely positioned to ...

Pregnant women are more likely to die of violence than any medical cause in the U.S. and are at greater risk for violent ...

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the ...

Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont were the only 3 states to not report any pregnancy-associated firearm-related deaths from ...

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams recently convened a group of advocates and city leaders to move the needle on this crisis ...

The state Health Department has told hospitals to have guidelines in place to help them better recognize and treat conditions ...

Black women saw their maternal mortality rate increase from 49.5 deaths per 100,000 live births to 50.3 over one year, while every other racial group experienced declines.

The report found: The maternal death rate for white women dropped from ... Excessive bleeding, blood vessel blockages and infections are leading causes of maternal deaths. Among those infections ...

Newly reassembled after state lawmakers let it expire, Idaho Maternal Mortality Review Committee releases 2023 report ...

While maternal deaths in the U.S. declined in 2023, Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white w ...

By Opeyemi Akindele It is an auspicious season. A new era of renewed hope for pregnant women in Nigeria as the federal ...

Most maternal deaths occur within the first year after giving birth, and cardiomyopathy – a form of cardiovascular disease – ...