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Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth

BU School of Public Health Blog

birth Lower Neighborhood Opportunity May Increase Risk for Preterm Birth A new study suggests that neighborhoods with fewer educational, health, environmental, and socioeconomic resources may increase one’s risk for preterm birth and contribute to the racial gap in preterm birth in the Commonwealth. percent, respectively. “We and Rose B.

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10 Ways an ACA Repeal Could Impact Our Health

Black Health Matters

Its goal is to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance, expand Medicaid coverage, and decrease the number of uninsured Americans. It also demands that all privately purchased plans cover maternity care, which had routinely been excluded from many individually purchased plans.