Cook County’s public health system is launching free doula services for pregnant patients to help reduce health disparities.

The more states that put restrictive abortion measures in place, the harder it becomes for support groups to help women obtain the reproductive care they seek, The Atlantic reports.

Cook County officials announced the start of free doula care for pregnant patients on Tuesday. "Doulas empower families by ...

Mary Kay Kusner sat on an ottoman across from Mike Bosch, who took up his usual spot on his living room armchair on Thursday, ...

A new program involves $1 million to fund doulas for some of the county’s most vulnerable patients. Sara Machi reports.

A new program in Boston is trying to improve the labor and delivery experience for expectant Black mothers and mothers of ...

"Black and brown women in particular face the highest rates of maternal mortality and complications," said Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Those disparities are some of the reasons Cook ...

Cook County is taking a major step toward addressing maternal mortality rates with a $1 million investment in its first-ever ...

Cook County’s public health system is launching free doula services for pregnant patients to help reduce health disparities.

The federal government argues a more robust maternal health workforce is key to improving mortality before, during, and after ...

MassHealth recently expanded access to its doula services program, and regulatory changes that state officials made on an emergency basis yielded scant public feedback Monday. During a roughly ...

When Abrionna Markham heard about the opportunity to take over the Topeka Doula Project, she answered the call.