With CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency's lost work
The CDC is in chaos and some groups are starting to step in and take over work the agency was doing.
Aug 29, 2025
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Environment and Public Health: News and Research on Maternal Mortality
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Access to vaginal labor after C-section is limited to some 16% of US counties
Only 16% of all counties in the U.S. offered pregnant people the opportunity to attempt labor after a previous cesarean section between 2016 and 2021, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research that provides ...
Aug 26, 2025
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A brain-dead pregnant woman was kept alive in Georgia: It's unclear if state law required it
A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency ...
Aug 4, 2025
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Community-based mentoring in Sierra Leone for pregnant adolescents and their babies doubles survival rates
An innovative community-based mentoring scheme for pregnant adolescent girls in Sierra Leone has been found to save lives, while also helping girls return to education.
Jun 19, 2025
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After the joy of birth, new moms face 'the wilderness'
Few events in life match the drama of giving birth. Happy parents show off photos of the milestone, beaming as they cradle their newborn right after delivery. Behind that glowing image, there is an alternate reality: pain, ...
Jun 4, 2025
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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.
Apr 30, 2025
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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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