US Preterm Birth Worsening, Including in Petrochemical Polluted Louisiana
March of Dimes issued their annual report on US rates of preterm birth on November 17. The findings are a gut punch. Rates worsened between 2023 and 2024 in 21 states. Preterm birth rates among babies born to Black women climbed to 14.7 percent, 1.55 times higher than the rate for white moms. For the fourth year […]
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