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WAWC Healthcare sponsors a pop-up health clinic in a maternity care desert in Pickens County

Health Nov 03

Why both abortion and infant mortality rates have gone up in post-Roe America

By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Harry Zahn

Health Apr 13

Midsection of pregnant Black woman holding belly
Black women face greater risk of death and trauma due to childbirth. This reporter explored why

In a yearlong investigation, Capital B national health reporter Margo Snipe examined how disinvestment in health care systems that served predominantly Black communities led to maternal health care deserts and worsened outcomes.

By Laura Santhanam, Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn

Health Dec 04

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Indigenous ‘helpers’ train to combat high maternal mortality rates

Women in the U.S. are more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than anywhere else in the developed world, according to the Commonwealth Fund. Native American women face some of the highest rates of death, and in Arizona, those disparities…

Health Dec 12

700 new moms die each year in the U.S. Could Medicaid help?

The United States ranks as one of the most dangerous developed nations to become pregnant and give birth, especially for women of color -- and data shows the life-threatening risk doesn’t end once mom and baby have left the hospital.

By Laura Santhanam

Health Sep 29

Why is the risk of death during pregnancy going up in the U.S.?

The 15-year trend in the U.S. not only runs counter to the worldwide rate, but to that in most other industrialized countries.

By Michael Ollove, Stateline

Apr 26

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Why are more women dying from childbirth in the U.S. than in Saudi Arabia or the UK?

By PBS News Hour

The United States is the only advanced economy in the world with an increasing number of women who die in childbirth. In fact, a woman giving birth in the U.S. is twice as likely to die than in Saudi Arabia…

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