Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have further documented an association between a substantially higher risk of maternal morbidity and mortality among those with the inherited blood disorder sickle cell disease (SCD) compared ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Most policy, research and clinical efforts to reduce maternal mortality focus on clinical risk factors and the quality of hospital-based care for pregnant people, but a new study examines maternal safety outside the clinical ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Women in states with abortions bans are up to three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth, according to a new report.
Jan 27, 2023
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The U.S. Senate passed a bill by Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., that aims to improve maternal health in rural areas that lack internet access.
Dec 15, 2022
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Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation by Reuters news agency has alleged that, since 2013, the Nigerian military has run a secret mass abortion program in ...
Dec 14, 2022
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In U.S. states with more restrictive abortion policies, rates of pregnant women, new mothers and infants dying were higher, a new report finds.
Dec 14, 2022
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Drug companies must make fundamental changes to their core business to address R&D gaps and access to existing medicines for women's sexual and reproductive health in lower-income countries, global health equity advocates ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Lawmakers in several conservative-led states—including Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, and Mississippi—are expected to consider proposals to provide a year of continuous health coverage to new mothers enrolled in Medicaid.
Dec 12, 2022
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A new study by researchers at Brown University showed that the pandemic further restricted access to postpartum care, potentially exacerbating existing health care disparities.
Dec 2, 2022
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Over half of Mississippi's rural hospitals are at risk of closing immediately or in the near future, according to the state's leading public health official.
Nov 22, 2022
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