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Part 1 of a three-part series.An alarming number of women die while pregnant or shortly after giving birth in Texas. According to national researchers who…
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Texas is over-reporting some of its maternal mortality data, a national study released today found.The study, from the University of Maryland Population…
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Update (Aug. 1) – The Texas House passed House Bills 9, 10, 11 and 28 unanimously, which collectively seek to increase state health reporting requirements…
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State senators on Monday tentatively approved a bill that would give a state task force more time to study why an alarming number of Texas mothers are…
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Health advocates were hoping lawmakers would seriously tackle the issue of maternal mortality during the legislative session that ended Monday. But…
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The end of this year’s legislative session is a little more than a week away, and health advocates say lawmakers are missing an opportunity to deal with a…
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A statewide task force ran into some issues getting good information last year when it was asked to write a report on why so many women in Texas were…
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Every Texas legislator should know by now that more mothers are dying less than a year after giving birth. At least that’s what Lisa Hollier…
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Bill Gravell keeps a pair of camouflage boots in the backseat of his white pickup truck. They've been through pastures and farmlands, in the middle of…
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Two recent reports about maternal health in Texas had the same conclusion: pregnancy-related deaths are on the rise.No one really knows why, though.…