One of Health First Indiana’s particular areas of focus has been improving infant and maternal mortality rates, particularly among Black women. A’onesty Cross and Jackie Carter are Community ...

Black women in the United States continued to face the highest maternal mortality rates, dying at a rate more than three ...

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

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

The Maternal Health Conference was organized by Black Lives Matter New Hampshire, part of a larger effort the organization is launching to tackle the issue. “Our goal is really to just bring ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white women during pregnancy or childbirth, highlighting widening racial disparities in maternal health. The U.S. Centers for Disease ...