Florida Healthy Start coalitions aim to improve maternal and family health, but face potential funding cuts. These programs have demonstrably positive impacts, such as lower preterm birth and infant ...

From the Pittsburgh Business Times. A nonprofit dedicated to reducing Black maternal and infant mortality will be receiving $5 million from the federal government to continue its efforts. Healthy ...

Across the U.S., programs at all levels of government — federal, state and local — are striving to reduce maternal mortality and erase the racial gap. Many are making headway in their communities and ...

At the site of a race massacre that reduced neighborhoods to ashes a century ago, where murals memorialize a once-thriving “ Black Wall Street,” one African-American mother strives to keep others from ...

One in ten babies in the U.S. — nearly 374,000 infants — were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15 percent were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks ...

Every child deserves a healthy start in life. But for too many Florida families, access to maternal and infant health services remains out of reach — putting the well-being of mothers, babies, and ...