Leaders gather in Sacramento for the California Black Birth Equity Summit to tackle maternal health disparities affecting Black women. I toured the White House to see Melania Trump's Christmas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Her experience as a family physician — and her own medical scare after giving birth — made Dr. Jonisha Brown realize she needed to ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Birth to Five Region 49 nonprofit is part of a statewide organization called Birth to Five Illinois. Watch the QCL segment to learn about the creation of the organization ...

(WAND) — The Illinois Birth Equity Blueprint — a roadmap to improving maternal healthcare and birth outcomes in Illinois — was released on Thursday. The blueprint is part of the state's larger ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A new initiative aims to transform maternal health in Alabama. Led by Black women-led organizations, including Yellowhammer Fund, Margins: Women Helping Black Women, Oasis ...

Author, birth educator, celebrity doula, and now, Parents Next Gen Award winner Latham Thomas, is training the next generation of leaders in Black maternal health and changing outcomes for parents.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has released its latest Maternal Mortality Data Report, which showed racial disparities and that many of the deaths were ...

A new maternal health initiative is coming to Alabama to establish a community-driven effort that gets at the root of some of the issues plaguing the state. The Alabama Birth Equity Initiative is a ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative's (OKBEI) Queens Village program will be holding their Queens Village Week from Nov. 3 through Nov. 9. "Queens Village is leading a movement to ...

Underserved mothers in Tulsa now have a network of support to turn to as they navigate pregnancy, birth and the care of an infant.

AGREED TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS. HUNDREDS OF LEADERS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR THE CALIFORNIA BLACK BIRTH EQUITY SUMMIT IN SACRAMENTO, ORGANIZERS SAY. CALIFORNIA HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ...