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Mar 19, 2021
COVID relief extends Medicaid’s pregnancy health insurance benefit to a full year
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In the U.S., Black and Indigenous women are two to three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes in the first year as white women.
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Jan 28, 2021
Workers in food jobs at greatest risk of death in pandemic, study finds
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Low-wage essential workers are dying at higher rates. Public health measures and vaccine distribution are needed to protect them.
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Dec 25, 2018
How the U.S. measures up when it comes to women’s health
A sweeping new study from the Commonwealth Fund looked at more than 9,000 women in 11 developed countries and found that women in this country pay more for health care than women in the other countries but are less healthy. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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