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Also, by expanding the window to up to a year postpartum, the study's authors were able to identify several chronic diseases as the leading causes of late maternal deaths, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mental disorders. Compared to white women, maternal mortality rates are higher among Indigenous and Black women.

Also, by expanding the window to up to a year postpartum, the study's authors were able to identify several chronic diseases as the leading causes of late maternal deaths, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mental disorders. Compared to white women, maternal mortality rates are higher among Indigenous and Black women.

The study found that maternal health disparities also varied by geographic location.

The study found that maternal health disparities also varied by geographic location.

The study found that maternal health disparities also varied by geographic location.

Just last week, Alabama lawmakers unanimously passed a bill to provide immediate access to Medicaid for pregnant women, even as their application for the program is being considered. Medicaid was used to pay for almost half of all births in the state in 2023, and the bill would increase Medicaid spending statewide by about $1 million per year over the course of three years.

Just last week, Alabama lawmakers unanimously passed a bill to provide immediate access to Medicaid for pregnant women, even as their application for the program is being considered. Medicaid was used to pay for almost half of all births in the state in 2023, and the bill would increase Medicaid spending statewide by about $1 million per year over the course of three years.

Just last week, Alabama lawmakers unanimously passed a bill to provide immediate access to Medicaid for pregnant women, even as their application for the program is being considered. Medicaid was used to pay for almost half of all births in the state in 2023, and the bill would increase Medicaid spending statewide by about $1 million per year over the course of three years.

Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. Convicted rapist and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is back on trial starting today. Jury selection begins in New York in a redo of the high-profile Me Too era case where Weinstein was initially convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree.

Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. Convicted rapist and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is back on trial starting today. Jury selection begins in New York in a redo of the high-profile Me Too era case where Weinstein was initially convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree.

Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. Convicted rapist and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is back on trial starting today. Jury selection begins in New York in a redo of the high-profile Me Too era case where Weinstein was initially convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree.

Those charges were overturned a year ago after an appeals court ruled the judge had unfairly allowed testimony from women whose allegations were not part of the charges. The Guardian reports that this retrial will most likely be an abridged version of the original case, but there will be one crucial difference.

Those charges were overturned a year ago after an appeals court ruled the judge had unfairly allowed testimony from women whose allegations were not part of the charges. The Guardian reports that this retrial will most likely be an abridged version of the original case, but there will be one crucial difference.

Those charges were overturned a year ago after an appeals court ruled the judge had unfairly allowed testimony from women whose allegations were not part of the charges. The Guardian reports that this retrial will most likely be an abridged version of the original case, but there will be one crucial difference.

It includes a new charge based on an allegation from a woman who was not part of the first prosecution. Over the years, Weinstein has argued he is innocent and pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him. His criminal convictions in California still stand, and he remains in prison for those. Now to reporting from The Washington Post on Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk.

It includes a new charge based on an allegation from a woman who was not part of the first prosecution. Over the years, Weinstein has argued he is innocent and pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him. His criminal convictions in California still stand, and he remains in prison for those. Now to reporting from The Washington Post on Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk.

It includes a new charge based on an allegation from a woman who was not part of the first prosecution. Over the years, Weinstein has argued he is innocent and pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him. His criminal convictions in California still stand, and he remains in prison for those. Now to reporting from The Washington Post on Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk.

You might remember she was grabbed off the streets by her home near Boston last month and detained by masked immigration officials. The Trump administration revoked her student visa and targeted her for deportation over an op-ed that she co-wrote last year for the student newspaper, which criticized Tufts' response to Israel's war in Gaza.

You might remember she was grabbed off the streets by her home near Boston last month and detained by masked immigration officials. The Trump administration revoked her student visa and targeted her for deportation over an op-ed that she co-wrote last year for the student newspaper, which criticized Tufts' response to Israel's war in Gaza.

You might remember she was grabbed off the streets by her home near Boston last month and detained by masked immigration officials. The Trump administration revoked her student visa and targeted her for deportation over an op-ed that she co-wrote last year for the student newspaper, which criticized Tufts' response to Israel's war in Gaza.