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Crystal Lewis is the Women's eNews maternal health reporter.
The data for U.S. childbirth deaths has not been published since 2007 due to states’ failure to revise their death certificates. Better reporting is needed to stop the “hidden tragedy of maternal deaths” says an executive with the March of Dimes.
Undercutting the American Academy of Pediatrics’ stance on promoting breastfeeding, an infant-formula maker’s bag, given by hospitals for free to new mothers, is emblazoned with the academy’s logo inside and out.
When it comes to twerking, why is the trend now about Miley Cyrus and not the black origins of the dance? With help from Twitter, women of color are talking more about their missing intersections with mainstream media and feminism.
Health authorities recently shut down a nationally recognized maternity center in the Bronx and shifted patients to another public hospital where two women recently died in labor. Critics say the move risks women’s safety.