This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers April ...

Experts warn that cuts to fertility and maternal health programs threaten care access and could deepen reproductive health ...

Over 7,000 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes ... studies race and class disparities in maternal mortality. “The amount of knowledge that ...

Despite medical innovations, maternal mortality rates in the US remain high, especially compared with those of similarly wealthy countries.

A report from the CDC shows fewer women are dying from pregnancy-related causes. However, there are still some sharp ...

Georgia once ranked worse than any other state for maternal mortality but has shown improvements by using both federal and state funds for the research and data collection.

In conjunction with the annual Black Maternal Health Week campaign founded by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, which ended ...

Advocates are warning lawmakers that the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will leave millions of pregnant Black women ...

Black women face the highest maternal mortality rates, according to the CDC. Virginia families are advocating for change by ...

As the maternal mortality rate continues to rise among Black women in the U.S., one family is turning the tragedy of losing a loved one to inform and protect future mothers. According to the CDC, ...

Black Maternal Health Week highlights maternal mortality rates for Black women and key federal legislation to improve ...

According to the CDC, black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women. And in 2023 the CDC stated that maternal mortality ...