Members of the Charleston community gathered Wednesday night to honor a woman who spent her life working to prevent maternal ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years. "In 2020, we estimate ...

Preventable pregnancy-related deaths rose and stark racial disparities remained in the Illinois Department of Public Health’s ...

Maternal deaths are climbing in Illinois, and state reviewers say nearly all of them could have been prevented. A new state ...