Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday outlined plans to expand parental leave benefits for millions of New Yorkers and to broadly lift lingering barriers to doula access, moving to address rising maternal and infant mortality rates that she characterized as a “crisis.” Hochul, a Democrat, proposed bolstering a statewide paid family leave program to include 40 hours of additional leave for mothers to .
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Successful public health campaigns and medical advances have enabled the United States to conquer a range of disfiguring and damaging diseases. Polio, which paralyzed thousands of Americans annually, was wiped out by widespread vaccinations. In 1999 the nation’s last hospital for lepers closed its doors in Louisiana. A global campaign eradicated smallpox, while lethal tuberculosis, the “consumption” that stalked characters in decades of literature, seemed beaten by antibiotics. Measles outbreaks still occur from time to time, but they are small, local, and easily contained.