Next City4d
‘Everybody Needs a Village’: These Health Providers Are Redesigning Care for New Jersey’s Black Moms
Black women are nearly seven times more likely to die than white women from a pregnancy-related death in New Jersey. Several ...
The Washington Informer8d
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 ...
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.
PBS9d
Racial gap widens in maternal mortality around time of childbirth
NEW YORK (AP) — Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly ... declined as the pandemic subsided and as hospitals and birthing centers returned to normal operations. Also, the federal ...
Cape and Islands NPR5d
Black Lives Matter NH maternal health conference brings disparities into focus
The U.S. has a much higher rate of maternal mortality than other high-income countries, and the risks are especially acute ...