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April 15, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), along with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced the bicameral resolution recognizing April 11 through April 17 as Black Maternal Health Week.


September 10, 2024

WASHINGTON – This week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the final winners of the Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge.


August 16, 2024

Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), in collaboration with Representative Alma Adams (NC-12), announced the agenda and speakers for the 2024 Black Maternal Health Caucus (BMHC) Stakeholder Summit in Joliet, IL, taking place on Monday, August 26, 2024.


June 26, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14) announced that the Black Maternal Health Caucus 2024 Stakeholder Summit will be held in Joliet, IL on Monday, August 26, 2024. 


June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. – In a hearing on May 2nd, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) highlighted the ongoing maternal health crisis and the critical need to address the severe shortage of minority health care professionals.


April 3, 2024

WASHINGTON – Today, Black Maternal Health Caucus (BMHC) Co-Chairs Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14) released the following statement after President Biden signed critical maternal health priorities into law as part of the bipartisan Consolidated Appropriations Act and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act fo