Across the country, Black women are about three times as likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause as women of other races ...

These physicians have dedicated their careers to fighting for health equity, ensuring that quality care isn't just a privilege, but a right for all.

Black women are more than twice as likely as white women to die from pregnancy related causes (doi:10.1136/bmj.r226).1 This inequality isn’t fully explained by socioeconomic factors. The explanation ...

When J D Harris (1833–84) began studying medicine in 1863, there were few African American doctors whose paths he could follow. The first university-trained African American physician, James McCune ...

Some women are concerned about how contraceptive pills could be affecting their mental health. Are these fears backed up by ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped open the American military to female doctors By Catherine Musemeche ...

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women ...

For every 1,000 live births in Michigan, six babies die before their first birthday. This is a decrease, but Michigan has one ...

Texas lawmakers instituted a sweeping six-week abortion ban in 2021, using the threat of criminal conviction to sway ...

A federal judge has said that the Trump administration can continue its mass firing spree of federal employees.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women ...

Binaries present a complex grid. Popular culture has always trapped us in the binary political, social and cultural grids. It ...