Under pressure, Texas to release 2019 maternal death report early as next week

State health officials have reconsidered much-criticized decision to hold the report...

A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss.A long-awaited report on 2019 maternal deaths in Texas is expected to be released as early as next week, a top state health official said Friday, reversing a previous,Emails show death report was ready for publication when Texas officials shelved it

Friday's meeting represented the first time the review committee has convened publicly since former Texas Department of State Health Services Commissioner John Hellerstedt announced on Sept. 2 that the report — the state's first year-long count of pregnancy-related deaths since its existing analysis of 2013 data – was incomplete and would not be published until after the midterms and legislative session.

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