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A mother holds her newborn baby at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., December 2016. (Source: Center for American Progress)

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Racial Inequality Contributes to Racial Gap in Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates

by eNews Park Forest on February 1, 2018

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Mother and newborn baby — A mother holds her newborn baby at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., December 2016. (Source: Center for American Progress)

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—February 1, 2018

By: Cristina Novoa and Jamila Taylor

The United States holds the worst records for maternal and infant mortality in the developed world, according to a new Center for American Progress issue brief. The brief reveals that higher maternal and infant mortality rates among African American women drive the mortality crisis in the…