A growing focus on maternal health disparities prompts lawmakers
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A few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Nichole Wardlaw opened her own midwifery practice in Chesapeake. A certified nurse-midwife, or CNM, Wardlaw was taking advantage of an emergency order signed by Gov. Ralph Northam, which allowed certified-nurse midwives and nurse practitioners to treat patients without an agreement with a licensed physician — something that’s typically […]
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Opinion What We See in the Shameful Trends on U.S. Maternal
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Accountable Care Curve – Interactive - Health Care Payment
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Take Action Now to Curb Maternal Deaths Among Black Women
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State lawmakers weigh which health equity policies to advance this
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Black, rural Southern women at gravest risk from pregnancy missing
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Abortion bans skirt a medical reality: For many teens, childbirth
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The Essential Role of Nurse Practitioners and Midwives on Maternal
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APMs Theory of Change - Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network
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Black Mamas' Highlight Racial Maternal-Health Disparities
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Addressing the Nation's Infant Formula Crisis - Center for
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Texas legislators pass bills aimed at maternal mortality
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Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting
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Backlash to Affirmative Action Hits Pioneering Maternal Health
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