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Texans think the Legislature should expand Medicaid to more low-income people and make health care more affordable, according to a survey released today…
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Two-thirds of Texas hospitals offering maternity services are taking part in a statewide initiative aimed at reducing maternal mortality.Texas health…
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More than 50,000 American women nearly die from childbirth every year, according to a CDC estimate. These catastrophic complications can come at a terrible cost emotionally, financially and medically.
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Sweeping changes in medical practice could improve the dismal U.S. rate of maternal deaths and near-deaths, an influential doctors group says.
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State researchers say a majority of maternal deaths reported in Texas in 2012 were coded incorrectly.According to a study published Monday in the journal…
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Travis County doesn’t have to wait to address racial disparities in maternal mortality, a group of mothers, health care professionals, policymakers and…
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Some of the state’s leading physicians vetted ideas this weekend to reduce the deaths of women while pregnant or shortly after giving birth.One of the…
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This is a final note to a three-part series on maternal deaths in Texas.Some of you might have noticed our series on Texas’ maternal mortality crisis this…
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Part 3 of a three-part series.As Texas looks to reduce its maternal mortality rate, there is one aspect of the crisis that is going to be harder to solve:…
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Part 2 of a three-part series.Texas officials have been slow to respond to the state's maternal mortality crisis.In the last year, lawmakers have passed…