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News Articles: maternal mortality

Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Health

State health departments seek their part of billions in appropriations during start of session

Budget hearings at the start of Georgia’s legislative session saw state departments dive into Gov. Brian Kemp’s  proposed budget and make a case for funding priorities.

January 27, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
Northside Hospital Atlanta

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  • Health

Northside Atlanta is first hospital in the U.S. with top-tier maternal care designation

The Maternal Levels of Care program from the Joint Commission designates facilities by available services for moms and babies, expanding a public health health program meant to improve perinatal outcomes. 

January 19, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
A family with a young child and an infant

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  • Health Care

Online maternity care better connects patients to providers — thanks to the web camera

Georgia doctors say telehealth monitoring of pregnant people provides better better, more frequent access to maternity care.

January 02, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Registered nurse Carole Kriessman performs a quick checkup on Ja'Mil'Lion DeLorenzo's 4-week-old son, Haiyden, at DeLorenzo's grandmother's home in Glenolden, Pa., on June 9.

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Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help

The nation has the highest rate of maternal mortality among wealthy countries. A long-standing program, Nurse-Family Partnership, which supports new parents, works to address this deadly trend.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Benshoff
Toni Ivey holds her one-year-old baby, Finn, at Liberty Regional Medical Center in Hinesville, Ga. Ivey was admitted to the hospital with high-blood pressure and a risk of cardiac complications at one week postpartum.

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  • Health

Web-based apps will offer a simple way for doctors to provide postpartum care for Georgia moms

By remotely monitoring and educating new moms after they go home, providers are catching potentially fatal conditions, like heart failure and stroke.

December 12, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Former General Michael Flynn speaks at a campaign event with Republican senate candidate Josh Mandel (not pictured) ahead of next month's primary election in Cortland, Ohio, U.S., April 21, 2022. Photo by Gaelen Morse/REUTERS

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Michael Flynn in Atlanta, another EV battery plant, rising pregnancy-related deaths

On the Friday Dec. 9 episode of Georgia Today: Michael Flynn testifies in Atlanta, another EV battery plant is coming to Georgia, and pregnancy-related deaths are on the rise.

December 09, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
Dejerica and Derick Tinsley stand in the baby nursery at their home in Marietta, Ga., on Oct. 9, 2022. The Tinsley's worked with doula Chanel Stryker-Boykin throughout Dejerica's pregnancy.

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  • Health

Doulas in Georgia work to support better, safer births — one family at a time

In Georgia, Black mothers die three times more often than their white counterparts. Making more birth support available could improve outcomes.

November 16, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Dr. Miriam Rittmeyer speaking at the “World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond” summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • Health

Savannah-based midwifery expert speaks at World Health Organization summit in Switzerland

Dr. Miriam Rittmeyer gave a talk on the Manchichi Program, which provides formal medical training to indigenous midwives in Guatemala and Panama.

October 26, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Data compiled by the CDC highlights multiple weaknesses in the system of care for new mothers, from obstetricians who are not trained (or paid) to look for signs of mental trouble or addiction, to policies that strip women of health coverage shortly after they give birth.

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  • Health

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.

October 21, 2022
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  • April Dembosky
Hajime White (right) with her daughter Gwen and Gwen's daughter, Quen, at the family compound in Warren, Ark. Gwen had her first baby, a son, at 16, and, defying the odds for teen moms, went on to finish high school and earn a degree in pharmacy tech. "She never stopped because she had the support of me, her dad and her sisters," Hajime says.

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  • Health

Why childbirth is so dangerous for many young teens

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

October 07, 2022
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  • Sarah Varney
Woman in White and Red Floral Dress Standing on Green Grass Field

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  • Health Care

'There is no reason for Black women to have such high maternal mortality rates,' says health leader

Health care systems leaders who attended the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda conference this week in Atlanta learned that Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. 

October 06, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • National

States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

August 18, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Pregnant woman

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  • Health Care

House committee advances bills aimed at curbing Georgia’s maternal deaths

One popular measure would extend Medicaid to one year after a woman’s pregnancy ends, up from six months of coverage. The other proposal, Senate Bill 496, would require autopsies when the woman’s cause of death is unclear, which may upset some grieving families.  

March 23, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
A pregnant woman cradles her womb.

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  • Health

Georgia Senate backs longer Medicaid benefits for postpartum women

The state Senate unanimously approved a bill Monday extending Medicaid coverage from six months to a year for low-income postpartum women.

February 08, 2022
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  • Andy Miller
Athena Robinson

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  • News

She Was Told ‘You Might Die’ Right Before Childbirth: A Probe Of Georgia’s Maternal Mortality Crisis

Black women in Georgia are nearly three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women.

September 01, 2021
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  • Riley Bunch
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