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Black Maternal Deaths Remain High Despite Overall Decline In U.S.
While maternal deaths in the U.S. declined in 2023, Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white w ...
Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth
Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal ...
Maternal death rates fall as disparities widen: CDC
Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the ...
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Homicide, suicide leading causes of maternal death in US
Pregnant women are more likely to die of violence than any medical cause in the U.S. and are at greater risk for violent ...
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Black Maternal Mortality Remains a Crisis in D.C. and Nationwide Despite Overall Decline
Black women in the U.S. face the highest maternal mortality rates, with D.C. experiencing a severe crisis with 90% of ...
B.C. 'childbirth activist' charged with manslaughter in newborn's death
The charge against 77-year-old Gloria Lemay comes almost one year to the day after the alleged victim died on Jan. 6, 2024 — ...
Self-styled 'childbirth activist' charged in newborn's death seeking $30K in damages from midwifery regulator
A day after her client was charged with manslaughter in the death of a newborn, the lawyer for self-styled "childbirth activist" Gloria Lemay was in B.C. Supreme Court claiming $30,000 in damages from ...
Stricter abortion laws may cause increased infant deaths − 2 maternal and child health researchers explain the data
Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the ...