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The initiative, part of a call to action by the Florida Hospital Association, aims to improve the mental health and reduce suicides of mothers before and after childbirth.

The American Academy of Pediatrics changes its policy citing drugs used to treat HIV can reduce the risk of passing the virus to infants to less than 1%. About 5,000 people who have HIV give birth in the U.S. each year.

Expert guidance on the realities of pregnancy and new motherhood from Life Kit. Find episodes on the menstrual cycle, egg freezing, postpartum depression and more.

Mothers across Gainesville navigate the emotions, pains and questions of breastfeeding in the months leading up to and after pregnancy.

More women are serving in the U.S. military, and women are the fastest-growing group among U.S. veterans. The VA is trying to meet their health needs, including pregnancy care.

A study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests COVID-19 caused severe brain damage in two babies born in Miami.

Each woman has lost a child to fentanyl - two of them at age 26 and another at 36. Says one: “The message has to get out there.”

Making the transition from career professional to full-time mother can be challenging. Women in the Black community say finding support for their decision to stay at home with children can be particularly hard.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approved a plan that will extend care through Florida’s Medicaid program for women after they have babies.

UNICEF and the World Health Organization issued the paper. It shows "that formula milk marketing remains unacceptably pervasive, misleading and aggressive," says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of WHO.