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Mercy Health has agreed to pull midwifery services from a planned primary care clinic in Ferguson after a local midwife accused the health system of…
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A Ferguson midwife and founder of a maternal health center that focuses on black women is accusing Mercy hospital of stealing her business and reneging on…
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Black infants in St. Louis County are more than twice as likely to die as white infants, according to a new report.The first Maternal and Child Health…
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The longer a woman smokes during pregnancy, the more likely she is to have a low birth weight baby, a study by a St. Louis University epidemiologist has…
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She started using drugs at 16. After moving around the country and trying to quit several times, she came back to St. Louis four years later, hoping for a…
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Brittany "Tru" Kellman sometimes starts her day two hours before Jamaa Birth Village opens at 10 a.m., stashing diapers and snacks for the dozens of…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 14, 2010 - So-called "outreach moms" are among the most important links in the Healthy Start…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 14, 2010 - Click flash ... click click, flash flash ... clickflashclickflashclickflash ...The…