According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women.

Khalia Jones, of New Rochelle, said she learned that she had an incompetent cervix when she was pregnant with her son back in 2017.

Erica Chidi, a reproductive health educator and former doula, speaks about what it will truly take to solve the Black ...

Black women and birthing people are reshaping their experience, no longer simply surviving delivery but feeling empowered before, during and after.

Thanks in part to federal funding for newborn hearing screening, about 98% of newborns are screened for hearing loss before ...

Black women are potentially three times more likely to get peripartum cardiomyopathy — a kind of heart failure.

Discover the improvements in maternal health care for Black birthing people, including doula services, prenatal care, and certified midwives.

Mamatoto Village, based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing safe, inclusive, and ...

For the men who are here in the room, it’s our responsibility to be more than just the person who helped to make the baby and to change diapers." ...

Doula LaToshia Rouse shares insights into the work of a doula and what expecting mothers must know about their rights.

The recall involves COMEONROA-branded swings that were sold on Walmart.com between January 2024 and February 2025 for about $80.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued an urgent recall for the COMEONROA Infant Swing, sold on Walmart.com, due to a suffocation risk.