"I get tired easily," "My hair is falling out," "I feel irritable." These are words I often hear from postpartum mothers. And ...

Preterm birth remains one of the most significant challenges in U.S. maternity care. Approximately 1 in 10 babies is born prematurely, preterm birth is associated with roughly one-third of i ...

One in four people worldwide die from conditions caused by thrombosis, yet blood clots remain among the most overlooked and misunderstood serious health threats. On World Thrombosis Day, October 13, ...

The city of Detroit plans to work with a nonprofit to train residents to be doulas to combat the city's high infant mortality rates and other maternal issues.

When people think of birth complications, they often picture things going awry during labor and just after. But as more attention turns to postpartum complications and maternal mortality rates in the ...

That broader reality demands a deeper response than headlines alone can provide. Too often, we wait for warning signs to ...

Soaring cases expose the vulnerabilities of pregnancy and postpartum care in an era of lowering vaccination rates.

Postpartum depression arrives after the baby does, but a research team in Copenhagen tried to get ahead of it while women were still pregnant. Their tool was a high-tech training program that asked ...

Antenatal risk assessment and structured postpartum follow-up are central to managing cardiovascular risk in pregnancy, ...

Medicaid cuts are raising concerns as maternity wards close across the U.S., threatening access to pregnancy care in rural ...

HHS launched NEST with a $5 million federal award to provide newborn and postpartum kits through participating hospitals and ...

The closure comes as maternity care continues to disappear across rural Missouri. More than half of Missouri’s counties have no local labor and delivery services.