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COVID bill gives states a pathway to reduce maternal deaths

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
| March 10, 2021 9:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor and delivery are thought of as the riskiest times for new mothers, but many women die in the weeks and months after giving birth. Now a provision in the COVID-19 relief bill could help change that.

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