The legislative push follows last fall’s Black Maternal Health Summit at the Virginia Capitol, where medical professionals, ...

The Amsterdam News recently interviewed Samantha Banerjee, executive director of PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy.

The National Black Nurses Association's 37th Annual Black Nurses Day on Capitol Hill focused on addressing systemic health disparities and promoting health equity in Black communities.

Black maternal mortality rates are alarming, but churches are taking action. Salvation and Social Justice is teaching churches how to get involved in the birth justice movement.

YWCA York’s Racial Justice Committee’s The State of Black Life in York Series presents Black Maternal Health – “TOXIC: A Black Woman’s Story,” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Appell ...

What Now' second annual summit, experts discussed social media, misinformaiton and influencers in health advocacy.

A planned demonstration by the non-profit “4Kira4Moms,” was held outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Thursday demanding the hospital provide safe and equitable maternal care as well as commitment to ...

An organisation dedicated to the reproductive health of women; Maternal & Reproductive Health Collective, MRH Research Collective, has pledged to ensure that the maternal mortality rate in the ...

MOMS LIKE JESSICA ARE GETTING BEHIND A NEW BILL CALLED MOMNIBUS 2.0, A FOLLOW UP TO MATERNAL HEALTH LEGISLATION THAT PASSED TWO YEARS AGO. THIS TIME, THE FOCUS IS ON MENTAL HEALTH. THIS WILL BE ...

But some advocates for Black maternal health — including Charles Johnson — say that agreement doesn't go far enough. Later this week, they plan on demonstrating outside of the hospital to say so.