US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say
More U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data posted Wednesday.
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In rural America, hospitals are closing their labor and delivery units
Rural hospitals across the country are shuttering their labor and delivery units, leaving rural Americans—including Texans—with less access to necessary medical care.
Apr 30, 2025
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Data collection changes key to understanding maternal mortality trends in the US, study shows
A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford, published in JAMA Pediatrics, offers fresh insight into trends in maternal mortality in the United States. For the first time, the study disentangles genuine changes ...
Apr 28, 2025
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Health experts say axing CDC research on maternal health is a 'huge' step backward
Researchers and community workers in Georgia are speaking out against deep cuts to work on maternal and infant mortality that appear in a draft budget proposal for federal health funding.
Apr 24, 2025
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Study finds more people are obtaining abortions but fewer are traveling to other states for it
Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found.
Apr 15, 2025
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Preventable pregnancy deaths: 2,679 lives lost in US from 2018–2022, researchers estimate
Researchers from the National Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Technical University of Munich, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have found that 2,679 pregnancy-related deaths in ...
'It's a crisis': Panel discusses ways to improve maternal health care for Black women
A day after Tierra Jackson gave birth to her third child last November, she began to repeatedly complain about chest pains to her nurse, who then advised her that the feeling was normal after childbirth.
Apr 11, 2025
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Alabama passes law to expedite Medicaid access for pregnant women
In an effort to address high maternal and infant mortality rates plaguing many of the Southern U.S. states, legislators in Alabama have passed a bill that will allow Medicaid to be more easily accessible for pregnant women, ...
Apr 10, 2025
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Effective antibiotic for maternal sepsis saves health care costs, study finds
An international cost-effectiveness study, led by researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Kinshasa School of Public Health, has found that an effective antibiotic used to combat maternal sepsis vastly reduces health ...
Mar 27, 2025
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Expectant and new fathers seek more support to improve maternal health
A new Penn Nursing study reveals that expectant and new fathers, particularly Black American fathers, express a significant need for more resources and support to better assist mothers during pregnancy and childbirth. The ...
Mar 24, 2025
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