Over the past few months, Marcia Dinkins’ eldest child has been hospitalized frequently. A serious infection swept through ...

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid temporarily extended postpartum coverage to women who enrolled in the program while pregnant, with no time limit, as a condition of federal COVID-19 relief funding ...

The Commonwealth Fund’s updated July 2025 brief on maternal mortality highlights how systemic disparities, Medicaid coverage ...

One year after Iowa’s abortion law banning the procedure after fetal cardiac activity is detected went into effect, both ...

Understanding the evidence on maternal mortality and its causes is a key to crafting solutions; this brief describes the ...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has seen success in its recruitment efforts after calling upon expectant mothers in a majority of the state's counties to participate in a doula ...

The court issued an injunction shielding ten Planned Parenthood affiliates from a provision in the budget bill to cut off funding for Medicaid contracting for poor women.

Prisma Health has launched a new Mother-Infant Wellness Program to address perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Low-income women in Mississippi will now have the ability to seek prenatal care sooner. “Once a woman finds out that she’s pregnant, she may or may not have insurance,” noted ...

A key Mississippi lawmaker says low-income pregnant women should soon receive faster access to medical services because the federal government has approved a Mississippi law that was on hold for ...

A key Mississippi lawmaker says low-income pregnant women should soon receive faster access to medical services because the federal government has approved a Mississippi law that was on hold for more ...

House Bill 539 allows pregnant women in Mississippi to receive presumptive care until their application for Medicaid is reviewed.