Recently, MAHEC rolled out a helpful new tool on its website called FindMyCareMapWNC. The interactive map allows patients and providers to search by county for care options beyond MAHEC’s offerings, ...

How The Bridge Directory became a small but mighty organization reshaping birthing care for people of color.

Why is it so expensive to give birth in America? In a word: supply. America needs to deliver better results for our mothers and children. Fortunately, a solution is in plain sight: let urgent care ...

Ebony Marcelle, the director of midwifery at Community of Hope in Washington, D.C., started her doctoral degree after more than a decade of working as a midwife. A Georgetown University School of ...

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A recent study found that one in four new mothers are thrown into medical debt after giving birth, which is even true for ...

President Donald Trump signed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act (referred to as the CR) into law over the weekend, after it was passed by both the House of Representatives and ...

Jan. 23 marks “Maternal Health Awareness Day,” and advocates say it’s a time to raise awareness of the health risks of ...

A South Carolina midwife who dedicated her life’s work to preventing maternal deaths died from childbirth complications earlier this month.

North Carolina's NCDHHS launched the "I Gave Birth" campaign on Maternal Health Awareness Day to improve postpartum care and ...