These hypertensive disorders in pregnancy collectively affect a significant portion of pregnancies worldwide, making them a matter of critical concern for both maternal ... fetal mortality in addition ...

Heartfelt salutations on the 300th birth anniversary of Devi Ahilyabai Holkar. On this occasion, the Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai Women Empowerment Grand Convention was organised on Saturday in Bhopal.

A translucent substance and tempered hope poured into me. When it ended, I felt no different than before. ...

South Africa has a stubbornly high stunting rate; if a child is too short for their age, it is an indication of chronic ...

More than a quarter of South African children under the age of five are chronically malnourished. That’s bad for them, their ...

Yonder examined how increasingly frequent and intense weather disasters impact pregnant people, mothers, and young families ...

"Our infant mortality rate is shameful, just shameful. And we’ve been talking about this for a long time. How is it that we’re still at the bottom? How is it that Black maternal health ... Children ...

As we celebrate moms beyond Mother's Day, here are 15 vintage photos that show how motherhood has evolved in the past 100-plus years.

The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 in December 2024, an increase from 18.6 the year before. Maternal deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, bumping the nation’s ...

That’s up from 669 deaths in 2023, but down from 2022 and 2021, when it was the highest level in more than 50 years.The maternal mortality rate rose to 19 deaths per 100,000 live births ...