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www.nytimes.com
1 week ago
Medicine

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

Child death rates in the US are rising, with Black and Native American youths disproportionately affected by injuries like car accidents, homicides, and suicides. [ more ]
www.npr.org
2 months ago
Public health

How bad is maternal mortality in the U.S.? A new study says it's been overestimated

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is lower than previously reported at 10.4 deaths per 100,000 births, not 32.9 deaths per 100,000 births.
Racial disparities persist in U.S. maternal mortality, with Black pregnant patients three times more likely to die than white patients. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
3 months ago
Public health

Hundreds of deaths in US prisons linked to policy violations and failures report

Institutional failures and policy violations by the US Bureau of Prisons have led to preventable deaths of incarcerated people.
The US justice department office of the inspector general found that 187 people died by suicide inside BoP institutions from 2014 to 2021. [ more ]
WIRED
3 months ago
Public health

Inequality Is a Health Risk-and It's Getting Worse

The maternal mortality rate in the US and UK is predicted to increase in 2024, despite being preventable in high-income countries.
Reasons for the increase include neglect and systematic bias in medical care systems, as well as racial and class inequities. [ more ]
Above the Law
3 months ago
Law

Atlanta Attorneys Team Up To Do Good

Atlanta-based plaintiffs attorneys launch Smart Giving, a platform to encourage high-impact charitable donations in poor and developing countries.
They've partnered with GiveWell to ensure that every dollar pledged through Smart Giving is put to the maximum effect use to save lives around the world. [ more ]
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