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Vice President Kamala Harris says the need to address the Black maternal health crisis grows more urgent every day.
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It’s an American crisis that was long ignored at the government’s highest levels: Black women in the U.S. are roughly three times more likely to die giving birth than white women. Now, breaking new ground for a vice president, Kamala Harris is calling for sweeping action to curb racial inequities in pregnancy and childbirth.
“With every day that goes by and every woman who dies, the need for action grows more urgent,” Harris told STAT in an emailed interview. ....

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