Women who have experienced pregnancy complications have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Now, a new study shows that sisters of women with complicated pregnancies are also at higher risk, ...

Erin Davis/Axios Visuals The mortality rate for Black mothers in the U.S. has not improved, per data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why it matters: The pregnancy ...

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While maternal deaths in the U.S. declined in 2023, Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white w ...

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as ...

February is American Heart Month, a highlight of which is Wear Red Day, which aims to raise awareness about heart disease in ...

Black women in the U.S. face the highest maternal mortality rates, with D.C. experiencing a severe crisis with 90% of ...

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the ...

"Preventive measures are often neglected because they don't generate revenue, but they are incredibly important," Leslie Cho, MD, director of Cleveland Clinic's Women's Cardiovascular Center, told ...

A crowd listens to Ginna Cross, an out-of-state anti-abortion advocate, testify in favor of a bill to define a human being to ...

Pregnant women are more likely to die of violence than any medical cause in the U.S. and are at greater risk for violent ...

A study finds female genital mutilation or cutting is a leading cause of death: a young woman or girl dies every 12 minutes.