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Maternal deaths fall across globe but rise in U.S., doubling in Texas

Source: CNN

Giving birth used to be one of the most dangerous things a woman could do, until medical advancements about a century ago improved outcomes. So why might the United States—and one state in particular— be sliding backward in this key statistic?

This entry was posted in A Matter of Life or Death and tagged Health & Medicine on July 1, 2019 by Mikki Gibson.

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