During Maternal Health Awareness Month, the Johnston County chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, highlights the alarming disparities in Black maternal health.

Stillbirth rates are known to be higher for Black and Asian women than for white women, and those living in the most deprived ...

Indiana has long carried the weight of a disquieting reality: its infant mortality rate consistently exceeds the national ...

An unsound study alleging that white doctors are responsible for worse clinical outcomes with black newborns because of ...

Virginia launched new dashboards to track outcomes like preterm births and pregnancy-related deaths. However, advocates say ...

The center opened as a way to reduce barriers to care in a community with high rates of maternal health issues. The facility ...

In 2023, the percentage of babies being admitted to the NICU in Indiana was 11.4%, Illinois was 10.1%, Iowa was 10.7%, Kansas ...

Universities across the country are scrambling to comply with President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity push in an effort to hold on to hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants that fund ...

Black mothers' health initiatives face funding uncertainty amid federal anti-DEI policies. Programs like Black Infant Health ...

Policymakers must recognize that simply calling for higher birthrates without addressing some foundational issues is ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's attempt to attack Rep. Mikie Sherrill in the New Jersey Democratic primary for governor has deep ...

“RFK Jr. will focus on that at the expense of other things that are very, very, very, very much contributing to the ‘chronic ...