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Some of the state’s leading physicians vetted ideas this weekend to reduce the deaths of women while pregnant or shortly after giving birth.
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Part 3 of a three-part series. As Texas looks to reduce its maternal mortality rate, there is one aspect of the crisis that is going to be harder to...
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Part 2 of a three-part series. Texas officials have been slow to respond to the state's maternal mortality crisis. In the last year, lawmakers have...
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Part 1 of a three-part series. An alarming number of women die while pregnant or shortly after giving birth in Texas. According to national researchers...
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In Texas, mothers are dying — and lawmakers and public health officials are trying to figure out why.Maternal mortality is defined when a mother dies from…
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Texas is over-reporting some of its maternal mortality data, a national study released today found. The study, from the University of Maryland...
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The rate of life-threatening complications for new mothers in the U.S. has more than doubled in two decades as a result of pre-existing conditions, medical errors and unequal access to care.
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African-American women are more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than women of any other race. Scientists think that stress from racism makes their bodies and babies more vulnerable.
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Black women are three times more likely to die from complications of childbirth than white women in the U.S. Racism, and the stress it causes, can play a leading role in that disparity.
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House lawmakers tentatively approved a series of bills Monday aimed at helping Texas curb its unusually high rate of women dying less than a year after…
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Health advocates were hoping lawmakers would seriously tackle the issue of maternal mortality during the legislative session that ended Monday. But...
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The end of this year’s legislative session is a little more than a week away, and health advocates say lawmakers are missing an opportunity to deal with...