The Metro: How can we improve maternal health care in Detroit?

Maternal mortality is high in the U.S. compared with other wealthy countries, and particularly high in Michigan. Detroit had the...

Detroit Evening Report: Crime down in Detroit, new program to improve maternal health + more

Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover decreasing crime in the city of Detroit, Michigan doctors reducing maternal mortality rates...

Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s first freestanding birthing center opens; Detroit Future City Equity Forum + more

Tonight on the Detroit Evening Report, we cover Detroit Future City's upcoming Equity Forum; Detroit's new (and only) freestanding birthing center...

Detroit Evening Report: MDHHS to issue maternal health quality payments to hospitals

Some hospitals working to improve care to pregnant women will begin getting money from the state this fall. The Michigan...

Black Maternal Health Week spurs new legislation from Michigan Democrats

It's Black Maternal Health Week. It might seem odd for this to be racially specific until you realize that, in...