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Midwife Char’ly Snow, CNM, Co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer at Birth Detroit takes care of an expectant mother in its clinic.

Nation Feb 28

In Michigan, a push to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for people of color

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Nation Jan 23

InfantMortality
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The steps an Ohio county took to reduce infant mortality rates

When it comes to infant mortality, the United States ranks 54th in the world. That's about three times that of Japan, Singapore or Slovenia. Within the U.S., Ohio is in the bottom 25 percent of all states. Hamilton County was…

By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes

Health Nov 03

WAWC Healthcare sponsors a pop-up health clinic in a maternity care desert in Pickens County
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Why both abortion and infant mortality rates have gone up in post-Roe America

Reproductive rights are front and center as the election enters its home stretch, more than two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Despite the state bans that followed the Supreme Court ruling, the number of abortions has actually…

By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Harry Zahn

Nation Jun 27

Woman receives an ultrasound at an abortion clinic in Texas
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Infant mortality spiked in Texas after abortion ban, study reveals

A new study focused on Texas looks at the year after its law banning all abortions after six weeks with no exceptions for rape, incest or fetal abnormalities. The research found a significant increase in infant deaths, much higher than…

By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas

Health Mar 16

I'll be behind every step these feet take
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CDC data shows rise in maternal mortality and deaths of Black infants in U.S.

The CDC released two reports about mortality rates for mothers and babies in America and they include some stark racial divides. New mothers are dying at higher rates than mothers in any other industrialized nation. And while the overall rate…

By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Laura Santhanam

Jan 14

Unvaccinated pregnant people are at higher risk for COVID complications, newborn deaths

By Theresa Gaffney, STAT

Almost all of the pregnant people in the Scottish study who needed critical care for COVID-19 — 102 out of 104 overall — were unvaccinated. There were over 450 total fetal and newborn deaths that coincided with COVID-19 — all…

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Jan 30

For 1st time in 4 years, U.S. life expectancy rises, but only a little

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

The rise is mostly due to lower death rates for cancer and drug overdoses.

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Dec 27

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Reducing infant mortality starts with listening to women in this city

By John Yang

The U.S. ranks near the bottom of the world's wealthiest nations in infant mortality, and the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, has one of the highest rates in the nation. But a coordinated effort is trying to change that by counseling…

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Aug 03

Most babies aren’t breastfed in their critical first hour of life, study shows

By Laura Santhanam

“These low global rates of early initiation of breastfeeding are evidence of a massive missed opportunity worldwide,” the report said.

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Aug 17

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Why are more American women dying after childbirth?

By PBS News Hour

Doctors and nurses have worked hard to reduce the U.S. infant mortality rate, and yet there’s been a rise in maternal mortality in recent decades, a trend that is less understood. Judy Woodruff sits down with Renee Montagne of NPR…

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