BACKGROUND: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and are associated with acute cardiac events in the peripartum period, as well as ...

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Texas’ Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee – made up mostly of doctors – takes an in-depth look at almost every death of a pregnant person in a given year. The several-year lag ...

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has convened the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee (EBRC), the Elections Department (ELD) announced on Wednesday (Jan 22). The committee has been directed to ...

Summary: New research shows that female mice expressing only a maternal X chromosome experience faster brain ... They knew that when egg and sperm cells form, chemical tags are added to certain genes ...

Declercq, who sits on the Massachusetts maternal mortality review panel, praised the work ... have implemented some form of doula coverage while 12 other states are in the process of implementing ...

In D.C., Black birthing people account for about half of births but 90 percent of pregnancy-related deaths, according to a Maternal Mortality Review Committee report that analyzed data from 2014 ...

This review highlights a national approach to reduce maternal death and morbidity and discusses multiple efforts to reduce maternal morbidity, death and improve obstetric safety. These efforts ...