maternal mortality /tags/maternal-mortality maternal mortality en-US WLRN Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:24:49 GMT An advocacy group expands to Florida to combat the Black maternal mortality rate /health/2024-06-26/an-advocacy-group-expands-to-florida-to-combat-the-black-maternal-mortality-rate The organization works to combat the maternal health crisis of people of color by raising funds and awareness surrounding the need for care. Wed, 26 Jun 2024 13:24:49 GMT /health/2024-06-26/an-advocacy-group-expands-to-florida-to-combat-the-black-maternal-mortality-rate Cathy Carter The 'bias' behind higher death rates for Black pregnant women - and how to tackle it /health/2023-04-17/reality-black-maternal-health-united-states Black women are nearly three times more likely than white women to die of pregnancy-related causes in the U.S. To mark Black Maternal Health Week, WLRN spoke to two local doctors about the causes of this disparity in health care outcomes and how to address them. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:19:45 GMT /health/2023-04-17/reality-black-maternal-health-united-states Natu Tweh Health department medical detectives find 84% of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable /news/2022-10-21/health-department-medical-detectives-find-84-of-u-s-maternal-deaths-are-preventable More than half of these deaths occur well after the mom leaves the hospital. To save lives, mothers need more support in the "fourth trimester, that time after the baby is born," one researcher says. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:30:00 GMT /news/2022-10-21/health-department-medical-detectives-find-84-of-u-s-maternal-deaths-are-preventable April Dembosky Group Of Bipartisan Florida Lawmakers Want To Boost Support For Extending Medicaid For Mothers /news/2021-04-07/group-of-bipartisan-florida-lawmakers-want-to-boost-support-for-extending-medicaid-for-mothers For decades, women in Florida who give birth and don’t have health insurance have been eligible for two months of Medicaid. Now, a group of lawmakers in the state House of Representatives from both parties stood together and said they want to extend the 60 days of Medicaid coverage after birth. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:43:11 GMT /news/2021-04-07/group-of-bipartisan-florida-lawmakers-want-to-boost-support-for-extending-medicaid-for-mothers Verónica Zaragovia Anti-Abortion Extremists: Look First At Latin America's Dark, Dangerous Path /news/2019-05-15/anti-abortion-extremists-look-first-at-latin-americas-dark-dangerous-path COMMENTARYAs a U.S. correspondent who covers Latin America and the Caribbean from South Florida, I chafe watching my country acquire traits of the… Wed, 15 May 2019 21:42:18 GMT /news/2019-05-15/anti-abortion-extremists-look-first-at-latin-americas-dark-dangerous-path Tim Padgett How Racism Impacts Black Women's Maternal Health /show/sundial/2019-05-06/how-racism-impacts-black-womens-maternal-health In the U.S. more than 700 women die each year while pregnant or shortly after giving birth, and an alarming number of them are black. According to the… Mon, 06 May 2019 21:18:26 GMT /show/sundial/2019-05-06/how-racism-impacts-black-womens-maternal-health