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Report: Texas’ Maternal Deaths Were Dramatically Lower In 2012 Under New Methodology

Posted on April 9, 2018 · Some of the state’s top health experts released a report in the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology on Monday that used a new method for counting — and found that the number of women who died dropped from 147 to 56

Health & Science

Researchers Say Texas Needs Standards For Maternal Death Investigations

Posted on April 17, 2017 · A statewide task force ran into some issues getting good information last year when it was asked to write a report on why so many women in Texas were dying during pregnancy or shortly after.