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Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023 ...

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In 2021 and 2022, the maternal death rate for Black women was about 2.6 times higher than white women. The data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic, at its peak, impacted all pregnant women.

Excessive bleeding, blood vessel blockages and infections are leading causes of maternal deaths. Among those infections is COVID-19. The coronavirus and its complications proved dangerous to ...

Excessive bleeding, blood vessel blockages and infections are leading causes of maternal deaths. Among those infections is COVID-19. The coronavirus and its complications proved dangerous to pregnant ...

FILE - A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Busch, File) ...

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023, as maternal mortality fell below prepandemic levels overall but racial gaps ...

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