midwifery
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Air Pollution Causes Nearly a Million Stillbirths Every Year, Study Finds
Every day, people all across the world breathe in poison. Outdoor air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people annually, according to the World Health Organisation. Most of that toxic, deadly pollution is fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5, which comes from industry, agriculture, burning fossil fuels, dust storms, and other sources.
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COVID-19 Linked to Four Times Higher Risk of Stillbirth in US During Delta Era, CDC Finds
New research affirms the added risk that pregnant people and their families face from COVID-19. Data recently released by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention shows that pregnant people infected with COVID-19 are more likely to have a stillbirth; this link appears to have become stronger after the emergence of the Delta variant.
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Extreme Rainfall Has Been Linked With Low Birth Weight in Babies
Increasing extreme weather events is wreaking havoc across the globe, and may be harming the health of newborn babies in some of the world’s most remote and vulnerable populations. New research published Monday in Nature Sustainability finds a strong link between extreme rainfall events in the Amazon, which have been supercharged by climate change, and…