Black women now more than three times as likely as white women to die in childbirth in US
Black women in the US died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.
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Public health data chaos: How New York is protected from federal communications freeze
Local and state health departments in New York collect and own health data rather than the federal government. With uncertainties surrounding federal data sharing, this means we can still monitor ...
Racial gap widened in deaths among U.S. 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.
States aim to end stigma of doctors seeking mental health care
Medical doctors face higher rates of burnout and depression, and are twice as likely to die by suicide compared with the ...