THEY TURN 50 YEARS OLD. >> THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS RAMPING UP ITS EFFORTS TO TACKLE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM, MATERNAL MORTALITY. MISSISSIPPI IS WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL ...

The complex psychological phenomenon known as maternal trauma—often referred to as the mother wound—shapes countless individuals’ emotional landscapes without their awareness. Many discover ...

Maryland is slightly ahead of most states when it comes to supporting maternal mental health, but other states have been gaining ground in the last year while Maryland has been static, according ...

The state of maternal health in Arkansas has been a central conversation for medical experts, advocates and legislators for several years. “There’s been so much great attention around maternal health, ...

As a humanitarian and medical nonprofit founder working in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake, I discovered several issues contributing to extremely high maternal and infant mortality rates in the ...

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has launched a strategic plan to tackle the high rate of maternal and child deaths in Kebbi State. The initiative was unveiled during a five-day ...

It found that maternal mental health declined significantly over the past seven years. The crisis we regularly write about in Two Truths, my best-selling Substack on women’s and maternal ...

Maternal mental and physical health declined from 2016 to 2023, with more troubling trends seen for mental health. Mothers with lower education levels and publicly insured or uninsured kids, as ...

It also relied on self-reporting. Still, the findings are not surprising to experts in the field of maternal mental health, who have been observing the decline in emotional well-being for years.

whereas serum progesterone did not differ significantly as a function of maternal age (Fig. 1a). Figure 1: Maternal serum steroid-hormone concentrations and traits of male offspring.

Fox & Friends First’ panelists Jaclyn Stapp, Quisha King, and Amber Bergeron discuss new findings showing a sharp decline in maternal mental health across the country.

3 Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) and Institut Africain de Santé Publique (IASP), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Maternal mortality is not just a health system challenge; it is a ...