Black women in Harris County are dying during and after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group, ...

In Houston's medical hub, Black women face the highest maternal death rate.

Pregnancy is deadlier than abortion, and the recent bans are putting more women at risk, researchers warn.

The death of a Black midwife following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities ...

Black women have the highest maternal mortality in the country.

In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find ...

Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina, chose her career because of ...

ST. LOUIS — "It was like being alive in hell,” says mom Karena Hampton. “That's the only way to explain." That’s how she remembers the day she lost her baby boy half-way through her pregnancy. Karena ...

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...

Members of the Charleston community gathered Wednesday night to honor a woman who spent her life working to prevent maternal deaths, yet tragically died while giving birth herself.

The upward trend means the government has failed to meet its target to halve maternal death rates by 2025. Official data found there were 252 maternal deaths from 2022 to 2024, which is 20% higher ...