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Moms Are Dying
Can Doulas Help Curb America’s Soaring Maternal Mortality Rate?
Five Figures to Consider
26% increase in U.S. maternal mortality rate between 2000 and 201460% of maternal childbirth deaths are preventable3 to 4X greater probability of a black woman dying from a pregnancy-related complication than a non-Hispanic white women22% less likely to have a premature birth if mother regularly sees a doula56% less likely to have a C-section when a doula attends a mother prior to birthMore moms die in childbirth in the U.S. than any other developed country. Can doulas help curb our soaring maternal mortality rate? Read More
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Health Insurance, Personal Health
Needed: 20 Million Condoms
Sexually transmitted disease infection rates are soaring, but who will wear a ribbon for chlamydia, syphilis or gonorrhea?
Since 2013, there has been a 67% increase in gonorrhea infection rates, and experts are worried about its increasing antibiotic resistance. Read More
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Gun Safety, National
Gun Laws 2018 Round-Up
Have lawmakers decided thoughts and prayers aren’t enough?
Weary of thoughts and prayers, citizen and corporate activists across the country made 2018 the year it became okay for even Republican governors to pass legislation restricting gun access. Since the February Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, 67 bills designed to keep guns out of dangerous hands have been signed into law in 27 states, including in 15 states with... Read More
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Addiction, Nutrition
Big Sugar and Us
Treating sugar-related disease costs the U.S. billions of dollars a year. So why do we subsidize sugar farmers and resist sugar taxes?
It’s been a sweet year for Big Sugar. Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and the American Beverage Association beat back sugary drink taxes and their proponents in California, Arizona and Washington. The American Sugar Alliance succeeded in retaining protections for sugar producers in the 2018 Farm Bill. And the USDA is allowing chocolate milk back into school cafeterias. Who are the losers? All... Read More
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Illegal Drugs, Immigration
The Violence in Our Backyard
What’s the reality behind the rhetoric on the migrant caravan and the asylum crisis? We can do better.
Between 2015 and 2018, the U.S. spent $2.6 billion on foreign assistance to Central America. Still, the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are among the deadliest places on earth. Governments are weak, and armed gangs operate with impunity. Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, under pressure from law enforcement at home, have relocated operations into the Northern... Read More
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