Health advocates, under the aegis of the Network for Health Equity and Development, have said that reducing excess salt consumption is critical to curbing the country's high maternal and child ...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year's World Health Day, women and their families as well as medical experts and advocates have called for increased efforts towards ending the ...

While the average American woman is having fewer children than ever, some prominent Americans are advocating to reverse this ...

The study also found that 1,891 of the 6,283 pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022 were "late maternal ...

Nationwide, twins occur in just around 3% of all births, according to national data. But the class of 2025 at one high school ...

Researchers found significant disparities in pregnancy-related death rates across states, races and ethnicities.

In approving closure of Windham Hospital’s labor and delivery unit, CT required Hartford HealthCare to study demand for a ...

The incidence of cyanotic congenital heart disease increased in states with restrictive abortion policies after the Dobbs ...

During a recent five-year period, a third of maternal deaths in the U.S. took place more than six weeks after childbirth.

Despite growing emphasis on maternal health, pregnancy-related death rates remain high in the U.S., increasing nearly 28% ...

The legislation would require the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to cover abortions for Medicaid and ...

A new study found that the rates of pregnancy-related death in the U.S. increased by nearly 28% between 2018 and 2022, with ...