Dr. Shantesica Gilliam discusses her groundbreaking student-led maternal health course at Spelman College addressing the ...

A recent National Center for Health Statistics report shows that more and more women over 40 are having children.

For Dr. Ellen Rucker Sellers, giving birth to her newborns quickly transformed into a near-fatal event after losing consciousness.

According to the CDC, Black women are more than three times more likely to die during childbirth compared to white women. NBC ...

New study reveals that Black children in the US have faced significantly higher mortality rates than their White peers, with no improvement since the 1950s.

Getting to the root of the Black maternal mortality crisis involves policy change and research. One woman is working to fill gaps in communication between patients and providers.

Advocates and health care leaders joined lawmakers Monday morning at the Capitol to recognize Black Maternal Health Week, which started Friday.

The maternal mortality crisis gets the spotlight—but what about the Black women who survive childbirth, yet lose a part of ...

“I could not let that baby ... 3-month-old and an 18-month-old. I was in shock. I was excited, and sometimes even questioned my sanity,” she admits. “Two weeks turned into a month, then a ...

most adorable baby boy. I was nervous about having a 3-month-old and an 18-month-old. I was in shock. I was excited, and sometimes even questioned my sanity,” she admits. “Two weeks turned into a ...

It's been over seven years since USS Callister first graced our screens as part of Black Mirror's critically acclaimed fourth season. The Emmy-winning episode, written by Black Mirror creator ...