The third annual Black Maternal and Infant Health Conference brought together healthcare providers from across the Triangle. Data shows the majority of maternal deaths occur after a mother leaves the ...

A Charlotte group has decided to drop the word "Black" from the title of its 2025 Maternal Health Conference over concerns of losing federal funds. A Charlotte nonprofit has changed the name of its ...

MISSISSIPPI. >> MISSISSIPPI. WE NEED TO DO BETTER. MISSISSIPPI. WE’VE GOT TO DO BETTER. YES, WE ABSOLUTELY MUST DO BETTER. >> APRIL 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH IS BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK. ACCORDING TO ...

Harris County Public Health’s third annual Maternal and Child Health conference, held annually during Black Maternal Health week, drew a crowd of over 300 health workers, researchers, advocates, and ...

State and local officials are shedding light on the health of Black mothers in hopes of driving real change. The first statewide Black Maternal Health Week Summit is underway in Pittsburgh. State Rep.

KMBC NINE NEWS. IT’S BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK. THE CDC SAYS BLACK WOMEN ARE THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO DIE FROM PREGNANCY RELATED COMPLICATIONS THAN ANY OTHER RACE. KMBC NINE S DORISSA WHITE EXPLORES ...

Eboni Tomasek expected to take home her newborn the day after he was born in a San Jose hospital. But, without explanation, hospital staff said they needed to stay a second night. Then a third. A ...

The challenges faced by Black Americans across many aspects of life are profound, and, in maternal health, they are especially stark. While maternal deaths have declined or stabilized for most groups ...

Before she became a Wake County commissioner, Shinica Thomas was a 23-year-old military wife, pregnant with her first child. “My son, Eli, was breeched,” she said. “I ended up having a C-section, and ...

Femeika Elliott and Alexis Alsup will speak to Altrusa International of Oak Ridge on Wednesday, May 14, about "Maternal Health in Tennessee." The in-person Altrusa meeting, will begin at 11:30 a.m.