Maternal Health

In the state, Black women are at least three times as likely as white women to die from pregnancy-related causes. The county's initiatives aimed at reducing racial disparities work but depend on federal dollars — money that might not flow amid budget cuts and a push to end DEI programs.

Here are the decisions Georgia lawmakers made on public health bills ahead of a crucial legislative deadline.

Prior members were dismissed proceeding reports obtained detailing the “preventable” deaths of two women who were unable to obtain legal abortions or timely care after Georgia banned abortion.

Demand for the services has increased since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, but funding remains a concern. And while every birth story is different, there is a common theme for many: inequities.

Chaos at the federal level, as President Donald Trump takes office with moves to cut spending, are injecting uncertainty into the state’s budget process.

The city is funding a guaranteed income program for the first time ever, joining a growing movement of antipoverty programs across the country.

Two to three women die of pregnancy-associated factors each week in New York, on average. The majority of these deaths are preventable.

The recent rise in overdose-related maternal deaths sits at the intersection of two of the city’s persistent public health challenges — maternal mortality and the opioid epidemic — and the racial disparities within both.

The state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because 'confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.'

“Immigration is a social determinant of health,” according to the new State of the Latino Community report.