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"Many maternal healthcare providers don’t routinely address heat, or how to minimize its potential risks with their pregnant patients, according to providers, researchers and patients interviewed in Mississippi and across the country." https://19thnews.org/2026/07/mississippi-heat-impacts-moms-babies/ #healthcare #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #heat #climate #poverty #disparities #mississippi

“Communities of color and the poor were disproportionately impacted through disrupted social networks—another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and a marker of poor health and premature death—and this may have further compounded who got sick and received treatment or care,” the authors wrote. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/burials-unclaimed-people-nyc-soared-early-covid-pandemic-suggesting-worsened-disparities #PublicHealth #deaths #burials #covid #pandemic #disparities #poverty #immigration