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America has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations–and it’s on the rise. Here’s...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoOver the past decade, the U.S. birth rate declined by roughly 20%. Maternal mortality rates,...
CDC sounds alarm on pregnant women's doctor visits amid rise in maternal deaths
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn a recent survey, 1 in 5 American women reported being scolded, threatened or otherwise mistreated...
Having access to abortion was critical in all of my pregnancies. Issue 1 about justice
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months agoRhiannon Carnes is a mother, grandmother, and the founder and executive director of Ohio Women’s...
Black women of childbearing age more likely to have high blood pressure, raising pregnancy risks
NewMediaWire via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoResearch Highlights: Black women of childbearing age were more than twice as likely to have...
"This Dismissal 100% Contributes To Maternal Mortality": An OB-GYN Went Viral For Sharing How To...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 months agoI tend to use the term "gaslighting" lightly because it's so overused, but that is often not the...
Tori Bowie death: Olympic sprinter who died alone in childbirth hailed as ‘beacon of light’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn autopsy into the death of US Olympic sprinter Tori Bowie has revealed that the 32-year-old died...
Gold medalist's pregnancy-related death prompts more calls for change
Newsy via AOL· 11 months agoTori Bowie was seemingly the picture of health, setting records on the world stage and going for gold. Now, an autopsy report obtained by Scripps News confirms Bowie was eight months pregnant ...
Racism is killing Black mothers. CT legislators want change
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 2021, the U.S. saw a 40% spike in pregnancy-related deaths. Those deaths — 1,205 — weren’t spread uniformly across the population. “When it comes to maternal death ratios, some women are ...
Racial disparity in maternal deaths needs to be eliminated, say MPs
The Independent US via AOL· 1 year agoThe role of racism in the “appalling” disparity in maternal deaths may have been underestimated by...
Maternal Death Rates Increasing, New Statistics Show
Newsy via AOL· 1 year agoMaternal death rates increased in 2021, according to information released Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. “We have seen rising rates of maternal mortality in this country ...
