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Harris Co. to receive $1.4 million in federal funding to combat Black maternal mortality
Read full article: Harris Co. to receive $1.4 million in federal funding to combat Black maternal mortalityAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, Black women in the United States are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.

PHOTOS: Houston hospital throws adorable graduation ceremony for smallest baby it’s ever delivered
Read full article: PHOTOS: Houston hospital throws adorable graduation ceremony for smallest baby it’s ever deliveredHouston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital throws the smallest baby ever delivered a graduation ceremony after spending over 140 days in the NICU.
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My pandemic post-pregnancy: ‘People don’t realize how lonely the NICU experience can be’
Read full article: My pandemic post-pregnancy: ‘People don’t realize how lonely the NICU experience can be’In 2016, Valerie Collignon gave birth at 35 weeks, which resulted in a week-long NICU stay that she described as “traumatizing.”