A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years. "In 2020, we estimate ...

Access to birth control prevents thousands of deaths in pregnancy and childbirth every year, a new global analysis has found. Globally, maternal deaths – pregnancy-related deaths during pregnancy, ...

Four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are preventable, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report looked at data from the ...

Every woman deserves to deliver a baby how she wants and in a safe way, said Dr. Maya Dominique, a Northwest Indiana ...

(CNN) — More women could die in pregnancy and childbirth due to “unprecedented” aid cuts that threaten to undo two decades of progress in maternal healthcare, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Sha-Asia Washington died during an emergency C-section in New York. The death of a 26-year-old Black woman during an emergency C-section is putting a spotlight on the disparities women of color face ...

LONDON, May 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Midwives are routinely “overlooked and ignored” despite saving millions of lives a year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, urging the world to hire ...