Black people make up about 38% of Mississippi's population, but a new study shows that Black women were four times more likely to die of causes directly related to pregnancy than white women in the state in 2020.
Dec 8, 2023
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One in 10 Georgians know of someone who has died during pregnancy, at delivery, or soon after giving birth.
Nov 29, 2023
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Racial inequities in maternal morbidity and mortality persist into the postpartum period, leading to a higher rate of postpartum hospital use among Black and Hispanic people but until now little was understood how to best ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Maternal mortality in the U.S. is on the rise and more than half of maternal deaths occur in the postpartum year.
Nov 6, 2023
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The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year—the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nov 1, 2023
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Prior to the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, women in states that severely limit or outlaw access to abortion were 13% more likely to have a live birth resulting from an unintended pregnancy than those in states where abortion ...
Nov 1, 2023
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When Andria Peterson began working as a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada, in 2009, she witnessed the devastating effects the opioid ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Two simple solutions could help prevent severe bleeding (postpartum hemorrhage) after cesarean delivery, suggests research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2023 annual meeting. As the leading cause of maternal mortality in ...
Oct 14, 2023
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The majority of research and public discourse on US maternal mortality focuses on pregnancy-related maternal deaths—deaths caused or accelerated by a pregnancy—rather than the broader category of pregnancy-associated ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Rapid and effective bleeding control can be achieved using a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared intrauterine vacuum-induced hemorrhage control device for both vaginal and cesarean births, according to a study published ...
Sep 26, 2023
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