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Newly reassembled after Idaho lawmakers let it disband, a group of Idaho medical experts is preparing a report about pregnant moms who died in 2023.
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Last year, a law went into effect, expanding the rights of pregnant workers across the U.S. Now, new regulations are offering clearer guidelines on what protections can be expected in the workplace.
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“Pregnancy is an import issue that affects everyone. It’s a normal part of life and work, and it needs to be treated that way.”
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Maternal deaths nationwide more than doubled from 1999 to 2019, according to a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The research also showed that death rates are especially high for Black and American Indian and Alaska Native moms.
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The Food and Drug Administration approves a vaccine for pregnant people to protect their babies from the RSV virus.
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The committee published one final report on maternal deaths that occurred in 2021.
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State lawmakers declined to pass a bill that would have extended the maternal mortality review committee.
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Bonner General Health, the only hospital in a city of around 9,000 people, announced this month it would no longer be delivering babies or providing other labor and delivery care.
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In the new bestseller "Screaming on the Inside," author Jessica Grose chronicles how unreasonable expectations of motherhood are baked into our culture, along with stereotypes that feed that narrative.
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In her effusive praise for “Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood,” reviewer Kim Brooks described the book as a “fierce, timely, unflinching chorus of woe.”