Officially launched in April 2024, birthFUND aims to improve the maternal health care system and provide families access to ...

The Department of Health Care Services have recently announced two initiatives which are aimed to reduce the number of deaths in relation to maternity care.

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

Food insecurity occurred frequently among pregnant individuals and increased the risk for multiple adverse health outcomes ...

The bill includes presumptive Medicaid eligibility, higher payments to doctors and hospitals — and, surprisingly, a provision ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — Holland Hospital has received recognition for its Boven Birth Center. It has been named a Level II maternal ...

Postpartum depression affects many new mothers, increasing suicide risk. New research shows preventive cognitive behavioral ...

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

Arkansas, which has the highest maternal mortality rate in the United States, is taking steps to improve maternal health with ...

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

FOND DU LAC – SSM Health is the first in Wisconsin to launch a medical alert program to prevent post-birth deaths in area ...

Illinois awards $4.5 million for maternal health equity, aiming to reduce disparities in birth outcomes through Governor Pritzker's Birth Equity Initiative.