Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The mortality rate for Black mothers in the U.S. has not improved, per data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why it matters: The pregnancy ...

Dystocia may occur with maternal or fetal causes. Maternal causes include primary uterine inertia, birth canal obstruction, ...

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

For decades, USAID’s family planning program was the main source for contraception and HIV treatment in some countries.

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

Black women in the U.S. face the highest maternal mortality rates, with D.C. experiencing a severe crisis with 90% of ...

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

Two new Canadian studies are the largest to date looking at death rates and psychosis associated with cannabis use disorder.

Female patients who deliver twins vs singletons are more apt to return to the hospital for CVD, especially during the first ...

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

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but racial gaps ...

Days after Louisiana indicted a mother for allegedly obtaining abortion pills for her teen daughter, Idaho introduced its own version of the state’s draconian medication abortion law.