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After nearly a decade of planning, Roxbury was poised to become home to the second operating birth center in Massachusetts ...

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and ...

Women in the U.S. South are three times more likely to lose a baby in late pregnancy than mothers in other regions, a new ...

Pregnant women and new mothers are still dying at alarmingly high levels across the world, and a new analysis has begun to ...

Doctoral students at the University of Illinois Chicago say cuts threaten vital work on maternal health and other research ...

Cancer diagnosis is often seen as a death sentence but we found that Black women, in particular, are less likely to discuss breast cancer. Our review found that fear, stigma and negative perceptions ...

In this article, Drs. Cooper, Ejiogu, and Odunsi offer some useful advice on how to get your body ready for pregnancy.

WAUKESHA, Wis. — As a mother of 10, Tamara Thompson’s passion for birthwork began with her own journey into motherhood. Now, ...

Michelle Browder’s reproductive health advocacy has grown from her efforts to confront the realities of Mongtomery’s ...

Michigan advocates are working to make pregnancy and childbirth safer and more equitable for communities of color.