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NC lawmakers, advocates call for action to address crisis in Black maternal health
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWhen she found out she was pregnant in 2016, Charity Watkins, a doctoral student at the time, did...
Pregnant, Addicted and Fighting the Pull of Drugs
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kim Short waited in the doctor’s exam room on an icy day in February, exhausted from the first trimester of pregnancy and trembling...
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 ...
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 ...
Fewer Maine babies are being born with substance exposure. No one's sure why
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJun. 17—The number of substance-exposed babies in Maine has fallen to its lowest levels in more than a decade, declining from a high of 9.3% of all babies born in 2016 to 6.6% in 2023, according ...
Alabama group continues fight to help women obtain reproductive care
Southern Poverty Law Center· 6 days agoJenice Fountain could not believe what she was hearing. Was that Steve Marshall, the attorney...
Local rep's $35M infant, maternal health bill passes Ohio House
Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 13—A sweeping, locally-sponsored bill aiming to improve the health of Ohio infants and mothers moved one step closer to becoming law Wednesday with a 72-19 vote on the ...
Celebrity pregnancies in 2024 (photos)
Rolling Out· 13 hours agoA plethora of celebrity pregnancies announced in 2024 have fans fawning over expectancies, marriages, and coupledom. From musicians to entertainers, 2024...