The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth ...

Abortion bans in the United States are exacerbating existing health disparities as births increase in high-risk populations ...

New data from the CDC shows that Black women are three and a half times more likely to die due to pregnancy complications ...

Evidence indicates many wealthier people have been able to travel to terminate pregnancies, contributing to increases in abortions despite bans. However, people who are poor, nonwhite and live in ...

We’re now a quarter of the way through the 2025 Legislative Session, and every day under the Gold Dome, I am reminded why I ...

Even as researchers are trying to understand the phenomenon, India’s community health workers are acting as an early warning ...

Uterine cancer is one of the few cancers with increasing mortality; since the mid-2000s the death rate has risen by 1.7% per year. Black women are more likely to die from it. There are more than ...

Health care providers, community advocates and others gathered at St. Anselm College Saturday to discuss how to improve maternal health in New Hampshire — and address glaring racial disparities seen ...

Black women in the United States continued to face the highest maternal mortality rates, dying at a rate more than three ...

I fully expect to see an exponential increase in new HIV infections,” one expert said. Women and girls are more susceptible ...

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 ...