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It Begins Like This

By Breanna Reeves
Securing the physical, emotional and informational support of doulas.
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Here’s what could help save more black infants’ lives. But NC isn’t doing it.

By Lynn Bonner
Deaths of African-American babies declined most quickly in states that expanded Medicaid coverage, researchers have found. North Carolina isn’t one of those states.
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Black infants are dying at higher rates than white infants in California. What can be done?

By Alejandra Molina
Black infants in California and across the nation are dying at higher rates than infants of other races. Communities are responding to the disparity in different ways, with some forming groups to train more doulas of color.

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