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A new free-standing birthing center is expected to open its doors in April of 2024. Led by midwives, Birth Detroit aims to provide a safe and culturally relevant “full care experience from period to period” for expecting families.
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“When you rate 76 out of 83 counties, you have some of the highest risk population," said Christina Harrington, the Saginaw County Health Department health officer.
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The rate at which women in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy related causes more than doubled in recent decades. A new study, published in JAMA shows Black women and Native Americans are most at risk.
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The infant mortality rate spiked during the pandemic. This reality is especially true for Black women in Detroit. Today, why this is happening, and what can be done to make a change.
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Hypertension is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the state. So Detroit paramedics are doing blood pressure checks with high-risk moms in their homes.
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The study found that to a certain extent, income is protective: the highest-income Americans living in California had the lowest rates of infant and maternal mortality. But disparity in outcomes by race persists even for the highest-income Black moms and babies.
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A research team led by a University of Michigan medical professor found that hospital deaths during childbirth actually fell by more than half from 1995 through 2015. But it also found that a majority of pregnancy-related deaths now occur either before or after birth.
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If you’re a woman in the United States, you’re more likely to die from pregnancy-related problems than in any other developed country. Now, researchers…
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A new report on maternal deaths in Michigan says 66 deaths between 2011 and 2015 were related to pregnancy.The report, issued by the Michigan Department…
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A new website lets people check on their hospital's track record, and compare it with the track record of other hospitals.VerifyMICare.org includes rates…