Bleeding and in pain, a woman endured a harrowing wait for miscarriage care due to Georgia’s restrictive abortion law
Had Avery Davis Bell had a miscarriage in Boston, where she lived until 2020, doctors could snap into action. But because she ...
Joselli Barnica should be alive today—and why maternal health needs change
As mothers, we’re told to trust our instincts, protect our families, and be vigilant about our own health. But what happens ...
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“Up and Atom!”: Tackling the leading cause of global maternal mortality
Fourteen million women around the world, annually, experience postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). 70,000 of those women die as a ...
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Maternal death rate improves further in state
Meghalaya has witnessed progress in reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), as per the Health Management Information System. As of January this year, the state recorded 107 maternal deaths, down from ...
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Research agenda for ending preventable maternal deaths from postpartum haemorrhage: a WHO research prioritisation exercise
Introduction Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) remains the leading cause of maternal death. Yet there is a lack of clarity around ...
Maternal deaths are dropping, but these moms still face high risk.
Maternal deaths dropped sharply in 2022 after consecutive years or staggering increases during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maternal mortality: Punjab still on list of high-burden states
According to the latest available data on MMR, released in 2022 by the Union Government, Punjab’s MMR was 105 for the period ...
Houston man accused in pregnant wife's death considered fleeing with kids, relatives say
Angela Stout, lawyer for the maternal grandparents, said in closing arguments that Gilley told varying stories from suicide ...
A woman died after being told it would be a ‘crime’ to intervene in her miscarriage at a Texas hospital
Josseli Barnica grieved the news as she lay in a Houston hospital bed on Sept. 3, 2021: The sibling she’d dreamt of giving ...
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Group seeking more money, answers to high maternal mortality in North Dakota
While the state’s annual maternal deaths are consistently in the single digits, North Dakota’s overall maternal death rate is ...
The Post-Dobbs Reality for Black Maternal and Infant Health
To reproductive justice activist Renee Bracy Sherman, theirs are the forgotten names. Women like Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old ...
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Half of Montana is considered a maternity care desert, report says
Half of Montana is considered a maternity care desert. That’s according to a recent report. Lack of care can lead to poor health outcomes for moms and babies.