The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a nationwide public awareness campaign to promote the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, a free resource designed to support ...

That study also found Black women’s maternal mortality is higher in Pittsburgh than nearly all similar cities, though it wasn’t due to lack of prenatal care. Black women here started care sooner than ...

The preterm birth rate was 10.4% in 2023, unchanged from 2022 and close to the decade-high rate of 10.5% in 2021.

Policies criminalizing the possession of drug paraphernalia ostracize people who use drugs and create unsafe conditions, ...

Why I will not be able to visit home…as a pregnant woman In less than a month, I turn 40. It is a huge milestone, but on ...

In a nation divided — where 76 million American citizens voted for Donald Trump’s reelection while 73 million Americans voted ...

BREASTFEEDING'S IMPORTANCE Hannah McHardy, a perinatal navigator and lactation consultant at Mercy Hospital Northwest, said prenatal and postpartum education is important for all mothers, but ...

Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh this week held a roundtable discussion to inform development of the Shapiro Administration's Maternal Health Strategic Plan. The event also promoted the maternal health ...

UPPER DARBY — More than 100 parents and family members filled the Beverly Hills Middle School gymnasium Saturday for the ...

To make strides towards the reduction of Nigeria’s alarming maternal mortality rate, leading obstetricians and gynaecologists ...

The United Health Foundation recently released its America’s Health Rankings 2024 Health of Women and Children Report. The ...

Faith leaders, along with Arkansas' surgeon general and the CEO of a Texas-based nonprofit, on Saturday announced the arrival ...