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Quartz· 6 hours agoThe report also highlights the slow pace of progress in reducing the infant mortality rate, which has fallen only 2% a year since 2000. Co-authored by Melinda French Gates ...
New law allows low-income pregnant women to receive prenatal care earlier
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 1 day agoLow-income pregnant women can access timely prenatal care regardless of their Medicaid application status thanks to legislation passed by lawmakers this year. The change brings ...
Whooping Cough: Kent councils urge pregnant mums to get vaccination
BBC News· 2 days agoPregnant women are being advised to get vaccinated against whooping cough after a rise in reported...
Pregnant, Addicted and Fighting the Pull of Drugs
New York Times· 3 days agoThis was Kim’s second pregnancy with the Great Moms clinic at the Corewell Health Medical Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., one of the rare programs for a...
Ohio House passed bills OKing feral pig open season and another to help pregnant women, babies
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoState Reps. Andrea White, R-Kettering, and Latyna Humphrey, D-Columbus, introduced House Bill 7 last...
Kent murder suspect acting as own attorney in trial
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoAn Arizona man will go on trial this week on charges he shot a pregnant woman last November in Kent. The trail of Dawan Rahman...Cheretta Frierson dead ...
Tennessee's G.I.F.T.S. program aims to help pregnant women quit smoking - WBBJ TV
WBBJ TV· 5 days agoTennessee’s G.I.F.T.S. program, also known as “Growing Inside, Free of Tobacco and Smoking” provides...
Preterm birth rate
St. Joseph News-Press· 6 days agoPreterm birth rates vary significantly along racial and ethnic lines, as... American women. By contrast, the rate was 9.1% among white women and 9.8%...
Access to health care limited in South Dakota's rural and reservation areas
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn South Dakota overall, Native American infant mortality (17.2 deaths per 1,000 births) is three...
Crawford County prepares for heat wave
The Meadville Tribune, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGet ready, Crawford County, it’s about to get hot. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an excessive heat watch for the area, starting today at 11 a.m. through Friday evening. “Prolonged ...