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Pregnancy-associated deaths(4%-10% of deaths) involving opioids more than doubledbetween 2007 and 2016, and, although the rates are higherfor Black women, the increase has been greater fornon-Hispanic White women. Latest News Checking on the well-being of mothers is one of theimportant acknowledged aspects of primary pediatric care." Perinatalmood disorders, affecting up to 15% of pregnant andpostpartum U.S. women, is also a risk factor in substanceabuse, opioid overdose death, and suicide. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on cases over stillbirths in New York. Cause of action for wrongful death when a pregnancy terminates in miscarriage or stillbirth; Facts of the cases; Discussion of the reversal of a Court of Appeals decision.

The article focuses on an issue concerning infant mortality in Detroit, Michigan and highlights the need for mothers to understand their health status and to seek out prenatal care.

A new study suggests that ''lady health workers,'' as Pakistan calls them -- women trained as part of a government program to give care to poor people in rural areas -- can make a difference in saving the lives of newborns. Researchers from Aga Khan University in Karachi followed almost 50,000 households in two health districts for two years. The areas where the women were assigned to work had 21 percent fewer stillbirths and 15 percent fewer newborn deaths than in other areas. That success was achieved even though the health workers generally had only 10th-grade educations and one extra week of training for the project. Also, they failed to hold almost half the planned group sessions for pregnant women and visited only a quarter of the babies within a day of birth. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information on a report that revealed that more than a million babies die across Africa every year within the first month of their birth. Countries where newborns are more prone to the risk of dying include Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Nigeria. Around 300,000 babies who die because they are not breathing at birth could be saved if the attendants know a resuscitation technique. Many of the babies could be saved by keeping them warm and snug against their mother's chest.

The article presents information on the Skye Foundation that aims to raise awareness about the life-altering impact that stillbirth has on families, particularly fathers. The foundation is a place where those who have experienced miscarriage or infant death can receive comfort. The foundation main aims to raise awareness of the adverse outcomes of bleeding disorders related to pregnancy.

Presents a man's experiences with the premature birth and death of his first infant son and the birth of a normal baby boy a year later.