In a state where mental health care access can be limited, especially for Black communities, one nurse is serving Black ...

Jane Ervin’s first day as the first African-American nurse at St. Louis Children’s Hospital came in 1958. She returned Feb. 18, 2014, to share her experiences with hospital staff. Her grandson ...

By the time Naima McCaskill was holding her newborn son and “ugly crying” with joy, Jatu Boikai had long left her side. But the nurse had already made a lasting impact on the new mother.

Maternal mortality rates are rising, especially for Black women. In one community in Georgia, some women say they are losing trust in doctors and hospitals.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan ...