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Walmart will now reimburse employees in some states up $1,000 if they want the help of a doula during childbirth
Walmart is expanding doula healthcare coverage to associates in Louisiana, Indiana, and Illinois as…
Britney Nguyen
New moms are dying at alarming rates in the US, but the hidden crisis is that many of these deaths are suicides
Suicide and overdose deaths are the top cause of death in the first year postpartum in some states,…
Anna Medaris Miller
Kamala Harris says 'a constitutional right has been taken away from the people in America' after SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade
Vice President Kamala Harris used a speech in Illinois on maternal healthcare to condemn the Suprem…
Kayla Gallagher
A group of scientists says using Tylenol in pregnancy may affect fetal development - but other experts say not to panic
An expert group says acetaminophen, sold in the US as Tylenol, is linked to negative developmental …
Anna Medaris Miller
Texas moms can now get an additional 10 months of Medicaid after giving birth
A bill in Texas aims to lower the maternal mortality rate in the state by supporting new mothers.
Allie Kelly
Stacey Abrams called Georgia 'the worst state.' The state has the highest rate of maternal mortality, and the lowest rate of mental health services.
In a campaign speech, Stacey Abrams called Georgia "the worst state in the country to live." The st…
DeArbea Walker
A new documentary shows how dire the maternal mortality crisis is. Everyone needs to watch it.
The "Born Free: Birth in America" documentary was released 15 years after Ricki Lake's "The Busines…
Jennifer Barton
This CEO got $3 million from investors including Serena Williams' VC firm to fix a problem with women's healthcare that even the star tennis player has struggled with
The pediatrician will monitor the baby's weight and will note if their growth is not growing normal…
Megan Hernbroth
Watch: Maternal health experts answer your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy
An OB-GYN and pediatrician field questions from pregnant people considering the vaccine, including …
Anna Medaris Miller
Expert panel says pregnant people should be offered exercise and diet programs to avoid gaining too much weight
The US Preventive Services Task Force says clinicians should coach pregnant people on healthy weigh…
Anna Medaris Miller
A UN report predicts millions of unintended pregnancies due to healthcare restrictions during lockdown
For every six months of lockdown, women in developing countries will experience 7 million unintende…
Anna Medaris Miller
Mothers, newborns lose 20% health services due to Covid-19: Study
New York, July 13 (IANS) Mothers, newborns, young children and adolescents are losing 20 per cent o…
A pill for postpartum depression proved a success in trials, putting more than 50% of new moms into remission
Zuranolone is a pill version of the IV Zulresso, the only FDA-approved treatment for postpartum dep…
Anna Medaris Miller
Over 35,000 women fled Texas to get abortions in 2023
Everything is bigger in Texas. That includes the number of patients who had to leave the state to g…
Katie Balevic
With Rising Costs, It May Pay To Buy A Separate Maternity Cover
Experts advise one to be careful about riders like waiting period, sub-limits and restrictions on t…
Economic Times
Maternal death rate isn't as bad if you don't count Black women, GOP senator says
Louisiana's Bill Cassidy said the state's maternal death rate isn't so high if you "correct our pop…
Mia Jankowicz
Melinda Gates reveals a disturbing US trend that will be highlighted in her 2019 annual letter
Bill and I are actually writing about that a little bit in our annual letter this year. A lot of th…
Alyson Shontell
UnitedHealthcare has launched a value-based maternity program
Insurers could scale back on shelling out hospital reimbursements when pregnancy-related complicati…