The Muscogee County School District in Columbus employs 120 people receiving an annual salary of at least $100,000. That’s an increase of 15 in six-figure earners compared to last year. This ...

Louisiana Medicaid will begin covering doula services for eligible beneficiaries starting in January 2026. A doula is a trained professional who provides non-clinical emotional, physical, and ...

Do you have vast experience and compassion for the child birth process, either because of personal circumstances or your profession? You may want to look into becoming a doula. Doulas advise and ...

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A mother-to-be volunteered to receive services from the doulas during their graduation ceremony at the Hispanic Health Council in Hartford on September 5, 2025. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research shows that doulas improve birth experiences and outcomes. Antonio_Diaz/iStock via Getty Images Plus A growing share of ...

Adetola F. Louis-Jacques receives funding from NIH, Direct Relief, Children's Trust of Alachua County. Seun Mauton Ajoseh does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A growing share of Americans, especially in rural areas, are losing access to reproductive health care. At the same time, American women are dying during or after pregnancy at ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When Tawnya Healy, 56, recalls the moment she realized her calling was to sit beside the dying ...

Doula-assisted childbirths have been associated with better health outcomes, including fewer complications for mothers and their newborns. With the goal of improving health outcomes, Michigan has made ...

After four years running breastfeeding support groups and training to get her lactation consultant certification, Beth Waters was excited in 2020 to launch a nonprofit in a small city east of Portland ...

Funding for doulas may be safe in New York, for now. But elsewhere, health experts are concerned that President Trump’s domestic policy law could jeopardize access to maternal care. By Samantha Latson ...