Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.

The U.S. has a much higher rate of maternal mortality than other high-income countries, and the risks are especially acute ...

Remote maternal monitoring during and after pregnancy allows early detection of complications like preeclampsia, improving ...

Wakefield native Brittney Russell’s new documentary "You Are Not Alone” deals with one of the most pressing public health ...

Black women are nearly seven times more likely to die than white women from a pregnancy-related death in New Jersey. Several ...

The Black Doula Collaborative is working to improve maternal health and birth outcomes for Black women in Rochester.

The rate among Black, non-Hispanic women was 54.7, while the rate for white non-Hispanic women was 11.2. Dr. Dawnette Lewis, director of Northwell Health’s Center for Maternal Health ...

Black Lives Matter New Hampshire wants to change that. For Camilla Thompson, the maternal health coordinator for Black Lives Matter New Hampshire, that question became personal. She said she wasn ...

To meaningfully reduce Black maternal deaths, we need to acknowledge that representation improves health outcomes, as studies have shown. In the US, Black physicians comprise less than 6 percent ...