Historic document published prior to January 20, 2025
- HHS Awards $10 Million for New Community-Based Maternal Behavioral Health Services Grant Program
- Comprehensive Hospital Data Provides New Insights into Maternal and Newborn Health in Nigeria
- HHS Launches a Nationwide Public Awareness Campaign to Promote the Maternal Mental Health Hotline (1-833-TLC-MAMA)
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Policies to Reduce Maternal Mortality, Increase Access to Care, and Advance Health Equity
- Donors Making a Difference to Maternal Health: The Urgent Drive to Save Women’s Lives Across The World
- Enhancing Maternal and Women’s Health
- Researchers Receive $2.5 Million in NIH Funding to Address Placenta Accreta
- Biden-Harris Administration Awards Nearly $19 Million to Help States Improve Maternal Health
- HHS Maternal Health Briefing | September 2024
- NIH announces final winners of the Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge
- NICHD Media Advisory: NIH announces final winners of the Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge
- Adams, Underwood Announce 2024 Black Maternal Health Caucus Stakeholder Summit
- HRSA Announces $15 Million in New Investments to Address Maternal Health Needs and Disparities in Rural Communities
- US Maternal Mortality Rate Declines, But Disparities Remain, New CDC Data Shows
- Biden-Harris Administration Invests $105 Million in Community-Based Organizations to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Across the Country
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces Maternal Mental Health Task Force’s National Strategy to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care Amid Urgent Public Health Crisis
- National Academies Create Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society
- FDA Approves Zuranolone: The First Oral Treatment for Postpartum Depression
- NIH establishes Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence
- Do Not Use Tests Manufactured by Universal Meditech, Inc.: FDA Safety Communication
- HHS: Statement by HHS Secretary Becerra on FDA Approval of First Daily Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptive
- World Health Organization: A Woman Dies Every Two Minutes Due to Pregnancy or Childbirth: UN Agencies
- NIH News: Single-Dose Antibiotic Prevents Maternal Sepsis and Death
- NICHD Science Update: Pregnancy-Associated Homicides on the Rise in the United States, Suggests NICHD-Funded Study
- NICHD Media Advisory: New MRI Method Provides Detailed View of the Placenta During Pregnancy
- NICHD Science Update: Analyzing Birth Stories May Predict Risk For Childbirth-Related PTSD
- NICHD Science Update: NIH-Funded Study in Mice Suggests Bacteria Rely on Metal Tolerance to Cause Pregnancy-Related Infection
- NICHD Media Advisory: NIH-Funded Researchers to Begin Study of Intravenous Iron Treatment for Post-Pregnancy Anemia
- ONDCP Releases Report on Substance Use Disorder Treatment During Pregnancy
- NIH Launches Challenge to Advance Community-Based Maternal Health Research
- HHS Announces Over $20 Million in Awards to Implement Biden-Harris Administration Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis; Reduce Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health
- NIH Announces Prize Winners of Maternal Health Diagnostics Challenge
- NICHD Science Update: Pregnant People with Disabilities at Higher Risk for Intimate Partner Violence, NIH-Funded Study Suggests
- NICHD Science Update: Placental Inflammation Could Explain Link Between Air Pollution and Pregnancy Complications, NIH-Funded Study in Mice Suggests
- NICHD Science Update: Placental Genetic Material in Maternal Blood Could Potentially Diagnose Gestational Diabetes Early, Small NIH-Funded Study Suggests
- NIH Study Explains Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders Linked to Future Cardiac Events
- White House Releases A Proclamation on Black Maternal Health Week, 2022
- Secretary Becerra and HHS Leaders Celebrate Black Maternal Health Week 2022
- HRSA Announces Availability of New Funding to Support Community-Based Doulas
- NHLBI News: Research Key to Addressing Dismal U.S. Maternal Mortality Rates
- NICHD Science Update: Drug Use, Suicide, and Homicide Account for More Than a Fifth of Pregnancy-Associated Deaths, Study Suggests
- NIH Media Advisory: Sleep-disordered Breathing in Early Pregnancy Linked to Insulin Resistance
- NICHD Item of Interest: PregSource® Mobile App Allows Access from Anywhere
- NIH Study Suggests Women with Disabilities Have Higher Risk of Birth Complications and Death
- NIH Announces Winners of Data Challenge to Identify Risk Factors for First-Time Pregnancies
- NIH Announces $1 Million Prize Competition to Develop New Maternal Health Diagnostics
- HHS Announces 200 Hospitals Participating in New Maternal and Infant Care Collaborative
- NIH Researchers Link Depression During Pregnancy to Placental Gene Modifications
- HHS Announces $350 Million to Strengthen Maternal and Child Health Across the Nation
- Developing Mobile Health Solutions for Women in Guatemala, Fogarty International Center and NICHD Funded Project
- NIMH Research: Brexanolone, First-Ever Drug Specifically for Postpartum Depression
- NIH: Rate Comparison of Severe Pregnancy Complications Across U.S. Hospitals Using a New Tool
- Site of Delivery Study: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pregnancy-related Severe Maternal Morbidity
- Pew Research Center: Paid Parental Leave Among 41 Nations
- USA Today: Hospital Investigation Takeaways
- USA Today: What States Aren't Doing to Save New Mother's Lives
- New York Times: Huge Racial Disparities Found in Deaths Linked to Pregnancy
- Science Mag: Moms with Gestational Diabetes and Preeclampsia Birth Kids at Greater Risk for Obesity
- NIH: Improving Pregnancy Outcomes for Asian/Pacific Islanders by Living in Ethnic Enclaves
- NIH: Low-Dose Aspirin May Reduce Preterm Birth Risk Among First-Time Mothers
- Science Mag: NICU Babies Have Greater Risk of Mental Health Issues
- NIH: Pregnancy Hypertension Risk Increased by Traffic-Related Air Pollution
- Campaign Mother-ly: #yearofthe mother
- ProPublica - Lost Mothers: Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths
- World Health Organization Campaign: Year of the Nurse and the Midwife 2020
- NICHD Media Advisory: Breastfeeding and Gestational Diabetes
- HHS Black Maternal Health Week Press Release: Announcing Measures To Improve Maternal Health Outcomes
- HHS Press Conference: Secretary of Health Announces Measures to Improve Maternal Health
- CDC Hear Her Campaign Public Service Announcement: “Not Alone”
- Science Update: Lab-Grown Placental Stem Cells May Yield insights into Preeclampsia, NIH-funded Study Suggests
- NIH-Funded Study Highlights Stark Racial Disparities in Maternal Deaths
- Drinking and Smoking During Pregnancy Linked with Stillbirth, NIH-Funded Study Suggests
Videos
- CBS News: Black Women at Higher Risk for Maternal Mortality
- USA Today: Deadly Deliveries News and Data Collection Series Hub
- Documentary: Maternity Deserts