Maternal

Zaza Cristina Robles worked as a pregnancy coach in her native Peru, so when she arrived in the U.S. at 16 weeks pregnant, the first thing she did after settling in with her in-laws was to…

By Sarah Jane Tribble A federal program to combat the alarming rates of rural women dying from pregnancy complications has marked a first: It’s supporting an organization that…

A doctor vaccinates an infant against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a treatment room of her paediatric practice.Swen Pförtner | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in women during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy to…

Every two minutes, in about the time it takes to read a page of your favorite book or brew a cup of coffee, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to a February 2023…

A vaccine given during pregnancy produced antibodies against group B…

Medical school curriculums, for example, include erroneous claims that Black women’s nerve endings are “less sensitive” and require less anesthesia, and that Black women’s blood coagulates…

Maternal mortality remains "unacceptably high" among all racial and ethnic…

A new study by investigators from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington and Mass General Brigham found that maternal mortality rates have…

Both low-risk and high-risk obstetric patients at low-volume hospitals in rural…