To combat its high infant mortality rate, the state is reimbursing birth professionals to help expectant mothers. And ...

The woman recounted an incident during an office celebration when the Operations Head asked each manager about their New Year ...

A coroner has published a damning list of risks that could lead the deaths of women and their newborns across the country, ...

An eastern Kentucky woman has been indicted after police say she aborted her fetus at home. Kentucky State Police said Melinda Spencer told a clinic she aborted her pregnancy at home and buried the ...

The Wolfe County woman was indicted Tuesday for a charge of fetal homicide, which prosecutors later moved to dismiss.

A South Carolina midwife who lost her life to a cause she devoted an entire career to is reigniting a national conversation on the Black maternal health crisis. Dr. Janell Green Smith advocated for ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith advocated for Black people giving birth and just days into the new year, she died while giving birth to her first child.

For some families, giving birth at home feels natural, intimate, and culturally aligned. Others are drawn to it because of high hospital costs, fear of unnecessary interventions, or a desire for ...

This toolkit supports integrated care boards (ICBs), their place-based partners, health and care providers to work with service users and professionals to improve the postnatal care experience and ...

Two pregnant Black women were denied adequate medical care at Indiana and Texas hospitals, respectively, highlighting the ...

Home visitor programs are run by local governments and nonprofit organizations and are funded largely through a federal program.