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The Black Maternal Health Momnibus: What Black Parents Need to Know in 2026

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Supporters say state action can reduce pregnancy-related deaths of Black women in NC

Healthcare providers, advocates and politicians gathered in Raleigh Wednesday to push for state laws and grant programs they say would reduce pregnancy-related deaths among Black w...

Texas May Eliminate a Critical Tool for Preventing Maternal Deaths

Texas is considering whether to continue one of its most important tools for preventing maternal deaths. The state’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), which investigates...

In Every Region of the U.S., Mothers are Living In Maternal Red Flag Zones: New Data Maps Communities Where Risks are Hi...

Surgo Health's updated Maternal Vulnerability Index – the most comprehensive picture of maternal risk since CDC's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System was paused – reveals c...

The Inseparable Crisis: Why Black Maternal Health is Black Infant Mental Health

Read about the interplay between Black maternal and infant mental health and the need for an integrated care approach. The post The Inseparable Crisis: Why Black Maternal Health is...

The Momnibus Act dropped the word ‘Black’ from its title — but it could still help the Black maternal health crisis 

The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act was recently reintroduced as the Momnibus Act, causing alarm among advocates.  In 2020, the

The Blueprint to Save America’s Moms 

American healthcare was fundamentally reshaped a year ago with the passage of H.R. 1. The sweeping federal budget reconciliation bill President Donald Trump called the One Big Beau...

Black Mothers Face Higher Risks During Pregnancy and Childbirth, Study Finds

*Healthy labor and delivery outcomes focus not only on the baby but on birthing people, and those outcomes start at the hospital during and immediately after childbirth. Most, more...

RFK’s Answer to the Maternal Health Crisis: Hide the Data

In April, during a congressional hearing that coincided with Black Maternal Health Week, Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a...

‘Nope, You’re Fine’: This Black Doctor Nearly Died After Giving Birth in Reno

A first-person account from Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, a Black family physician and the medical director for Saint Mary’s Urgent Care Group in Reno, Nevada. Curry-Winchell nearly die...

Black midwives are suing Southern states, claiming regulations make it harder to help patients

Black midwives in the South, a region rife with racial disparities in maternal health access and maternal mortality, are leading lawsuits over state regulations that they say limit...

A Multimillion-Dollar Investment in Texas’s Maternal Health Care

Pregnancy Workout Apps: Which Ones Are Safe, Doctor-Approved, and Actually Work (Plus the Black-Owned Ones You Should Kn...

Learn how the Black Maternal Health Momnibus 2026 could improve pregnancy care, maternal health, and birth outcomes for Black families across America.

Social activists refuse to give up on Black mothers, even as the word 'Black' is removed from life-saving bills

Black women in the U.S. have long suffered from inadequate health care access, structural racism, and a disturbing history of medical abuse.

Black Midwives Say Laws Are Limiting Maternal Care, So They Are Suing These Southern States

Across the South, Black midwives are complaining that they face unfair regulations that are preventing them from doing their jobs and serving women who have limited access to mater...

Reducing Maternal Deaths in CAR

The Central African Republic (CAR) has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, at 835 deaths per 100,000 live births. A shortage of skilled health care providers...

Free Maternal And Newborn Care in Mali

Free maternal care in Mali has become a reality. In a country where nearly half the population lives below the national poverty line, the cost of a prenatal consultation has long s...

Bronx Healthy Start Partnership launches preeclampsia prevention campaign using city buses

“Every woman who boards a Bronx bus deserves to know that 81mg of aspirin a day could save her life

OIG report raises red flags about maternal health 'ghost networks' in Medicaid managed care

A pair of new reports from the Office of Inspector General raises concerns about "ghost networks" for maternal services in Medicaid.

Health scorecard seeks to reduce Indiana infant, maternal fatalities

Indiana ranks third in the nation for the number of women who die during pregnancy or up to 12 months postpartum. Recent figures range from 31 to 43 deaths per 100,000 live births...

It’s Time for Technology to Lift Maternal Care

Improving maternal safety will not come from adding more data or more devices. It will come from building systems that help clinicians recognize risk earlier and communicate and ac...

Maternal health ‘deserts’ endanger some Texas women, babies

Of the more than 200 rural counties in Texas, about 70% have no hospital at all or have hospitals that don’t have facilities for delivering babies.

West Virginia suffering massive gap in maternal care

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) -- Hospital consolidations in West Virginia have reportedly led to a massive loss of maternal health care, according to the latest analysis from the West V...

Nationwide survey shows ongoing struggles for pregnant patients on Medicaid

A survey of more than 3,800 people nationwide who gave birth in 2023 and 2024 found those using Medicaid described worse outcomes than those on private insurance, that access to ca...