What the U.S. is doing to address its deepening maternal mortality crisis
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What the U.S. is doing to address its deepening maternal mortality crisis
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American Black women face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality
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American Black women face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality
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Black midwife’s death highlights racial gap in maternal mortality
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Black midwife’s death highlights racial gap in maternal mortality
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What experts are doing to combat the rise in maternal mortality among Black Americans
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What experts are doing to combat the rise in maternal mortality among Black Americans
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Why is the racial maternal mortality gap wider in New York City than in Alabama? "Where there is great wealth, there is often great inequality," journalist Irin Carmon said. Carmon, one of the leading reporters on women's health and reproductive rights in America, spoke to PBS News' Amna Nawaz about her new book, "Unbearable," which follows five pregnant women in New York City and Alabama. "In places like Alabama, white women actually have less access to care," she said. "And [in New York City],
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Why is the racial maternal mortality gap wider in New York City than in Alabama? "Where there is great wealth, there is often great inequality," journalist Irin Carmon said. Carmon, one of the leading reporters on women's health and reproductive rights in America, spoke to PBS News' Amna Nawaz about her new book, "Unbearable," which follows five pregnant women in New York City and Alabama. "In places like Alabama, white women actually have less access to care," she said. "And [in New York City],
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WATCH: A reporter investigated why Black pregnant women face worse outcomes in America
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The death of midwife Janell Green Smith following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities in Black maternal health care. Black women are still three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. "Black women are at higher rates of cesarean section, at higher rates of preeclampsia. They have higher rates of almost every possible comorbidity or complication that an individual can have," Jessica Brumley, president of the Ame
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CDC data shows rise in maternal mortality and deaths of Black infants in U.S.
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When it comes to infant mortality, the United States ranks 54th in the world. That's on par with countries like Romania, Hungary and the United Arab Emirates and three times the death rate of Japan, Singapore or Slovenia. Within the U.S., Ohio is in the bottom 25 percent of all states. And, within Ohio, Hamilton County was even worse, until it started working on saving newborn lives more than a decade ago. In 2011, Hamilton County's rate and Ohio's was well above the national average, with Black
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Why both abortion and infant mortality rates have gone up in post-Roe America
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A child has died in West Texas from measles, amid rising concern around the measles outbreak. The unvaccinated child's death marks the first U.S. death from the viral disease since 2015 according to the CDC. The highly contagious disease was declared officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. PBS News Hour's Geoff Bennett discussed the outbreak with Dr. Paul Offit, an FDA committee advisor and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “This is the first m
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Why are more American women dying after childbirth?
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Author Min Jin Lee (@minjinlee11) says she takes every day "very seriously" as she's "fully aware" of her mortality."I am fully aware that people die, and you don't get to choose when to go. You could be rich or poor. It doesn't make any difference," she said. "When it's time https://t.co/LVLaoG6Yx8
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Missing Mothers | The Untold Story of Maternal Mortality | UNICEF
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