ICYMI: FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Maternal Health Blueprint Delivers for Women, Mothers, and Families: maternalhealth
, a whole-of-government approach to combatting maternal mortality and morbidity. For far too many mothers, complications related to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum can lead to devastating health outcomes — including hundreds of deaths each year. This maternal health crisis is particularly devastating for Black women, Native women, and women in rural communities who all experience maternal mortality and morbidity at significantly higher rates than their white and urban counterparts.
To start, the Administration is calling on Congress to improve and expand coverage by closing the Medicaid coverage gap and requiring continuous Medicaid coverage for 12 months postpartum, as well as making the significant investments included in the President’s FY23 budget to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.
• Increasing access to and coverage of comprehensive high-quality maternal health services, including behavioral health services.• Advancing data collection, standardization, harmonization, transparency, and research• Strengthening economic and social supports for people before, during, and after pregnancy.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
World Health Organization Says Monkeypox Is Not a Global Health Emergency Right NowThe WHO did not activate its highest alert level in response to the global monkeypox outbreak, called a public health emergency of international concern.
Read more »
What the Overturning of Roe v. Wade Means for Maternal HealthHear from three board-certified ob-gyns on how women’s physical and mental health are affected by access—or a lack of access—to safe, legal abortion. TheBump RoeVWade
Read more »
Smarter health: How AI could change the relationship between you and your doctorStacy Hurt is a cancer survivor and patient advocate. stacy_hurt says AI could transform health care, as long as it doesn't transform the sacred patient-doctor relationship. 'Any technology ... should not put any distance between that,' she says.
Read more »
WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergencyMonkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak.
Read more »
Monkeypox is not a global health emergency for now, WHO saysThe decision comes as the outbreak of the disease related to smallpox continues to spread, affecting at least 4,100 people in 46 countries as of June 24.
Read more »
Health officials investigate major meningococcal disease in FloridaA major outbreak of meningococcal disease is spreading in Florida. The bacteria causes infections that can quickly become deadly, and the CDC is now investigating along with the Florida Department of Health.
Read more »