Women who put on weight and have a baby later in life may be significantly more likely to develop breast cancer, new research suggests.Experts in the United Kingdom discovered that a big weight gain ...

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Women have had the right to choose to end their pregnancies for 30 years in South Africa — and government facilities that offer the service do it for free. Here’s what is (still) driving so many of ...

Women living with HIV are calling for an increase in HIV testing for women and that more funding be directed to programs in ...

The couple excitedly announces to ESSENCE that they are having their first child together and couldn’t be happier.

When Jessica Johnson, 36, began to experience labored breathing and heart palpitations, she quickly made an appointment to see a cardiologist.

While Black Maternal Health Week has passed, the conversation and the work behind the movement goes on. Tiara Johnson has made it her life’s mission to help other Black mothers receive quality ...

There is a sacred alchemy that happens when a woman's body creates life. For a time—whether weeks or months—you held the ...

An abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the ...

A new generation of PRCs are filling in the gaps in maternal medicine in regions with unmet needs in women's healthcare, housing, and other social services.

Singer and actress Aly Michalka and husband Stephen Ringer welcomed their first baby, son Jack Francis, via a home birth on ...