Rep. Lauren H. Carson has made protecting maternal health care her top legislative priority this session, introducing two ...

How The Bridge Directory became a small but mighty organization reshaping birthing care for people of color.

Why is it so expensive to give birth in America? In a word: supply. America needs to deliver better results for our mothers and children. Fortunately, a solution is in plain sight: let urgent care ...

Ebony Marcelle, the director of midwifery at Community of Hope in Washington, D.C., started her doctoral degree after more than a decade of working as a midwife. A Georgetown University School of ...

Roanoke – Urban Baby Beginnings held it’s grand opening of its Maternal/Perinatal Health Hub in Roanoke Thursday, a much needed resource to improve birth outcomes and maternal care for expecting ...

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Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, wanted to improve access to maternal health care in a state ...

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...