Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. A new U.S. government paper documenting an increase in maternal ...

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According to new data published in the report, Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2023, a woman died almost every two minutes from complications during childbirth in 2023. Beyond that, over 700 ...