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Posted inUncategorized

In NYC, Black Women Are 8 Times More Likely to Die Than White Women in Child Birth. Brooklyn BP Wants to Tackle That.

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

A new Maternal Health Taskforce has been set up by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to reduce the racial disparities seen in maternal mortality and morbidity rates in Brooklyn. Currently, […]

Posted inFeatured News

Vaccination Against COVID-19 Supports a Healthy Pregnancy by Protecting Both Mother and Child – an Immunologist Explains the Maternal Immune Response

by Brooklyn Reader October 14, 2021October 19, 2021
Posted inPolicy & Government

Young Mother Shackled During Labor by 75th Precinct Officers Gets $750,000 in Settlement With NYPD

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 22, 2021April 23, 2021
Posted inHealth & Wellness

Brownsville Health Clinic to Close if State Funding Not Allocated in This Week

by Anna Bradley-Smith April 1, 2021April 13, 2021
Oula; Brooklyn Heights; Pregancy; COVID-19
Posted inHealth & Wellness

Oula Aims to Give Brooklyn Women Access to Quality Maternity Care

by Kimberlean Donis March 9, 2021March 10, 2021
Posted inFeatured News

Pregnancy During a Pandemic: The Stress of COVID-19 on Pregnant Women and New Mothers Is Showing

by Brooklyn Reader September 24, 2020January 28, 2021
coronavirus, Covid-19, pregnancy, Black Health Matters, Roslyn Daniels
Posted inLocal Voices

How Does Coronavirus Affect Pregnancy?

by Local Voices April 8, 2020January 28, 2021
Posted inCommunity Health Page, Community Health Slideshow, Health & Wellness, Latest News

A Doula For Dads

by Brooklyn Neighborhood Health Action Centers June 8, 2018January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Certain Antibiotics May Increase Risk of Birth Defects

by Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network August 4, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

CityViews: A Call to Action on Racial Disparities in NYC’s Maternal Health

by Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network August 1, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inBedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East New York, Featured News, Local Voices

‘By My Side’ Doula Organization Celebrates its 500th Birth!

by Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network April 4, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

Considering abortion? Think again

by Brooklyn Reader February 16, 2017January 28, 2021
Posted inBrownsville, East New York, Featured News, Neighborhoods

Local Nurses Are Helping to Make the Act of Parenting Conscious and Informed

by Rafael Galarza December 23, 2016January 28, 2021
Posted inLocal Voices

Rock Your Prenatal Care!

by Healthy Start Brooklyn Community Action Network October 18, 2016January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

No clear threshold to diagnose and treat diabetes during pregnancy

by Brooklyn Reader October 6, 2016January 28, 2021
Posted inUncategorized

Eating After Baby: Eating Right to Help Ease the Symptoms of Postpartum Depression

by Brooklyn Reader September 21, 2016January 28, 2021
Why Women Should Exercise During Pregnancy
Posted inUncategorized

Why Women Should Exercise During Pregnancy

by Brooklyn Reader September 7, 2016January 28, 2021
mom, mother, health, healthy, healthy start, pregnant, pregnancy, child, children, baby, babies
Posted inUncategorized

Five things I wish I knew before my pregnancy

by Brooklyn Reader September 6, 2016January 28, 2021
To The Mom-To-Be Who Is Struggling To Hold It Together
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To The Mom-To-Be Who Is Struggling To Hold It Together

by Brooklyn Reader September 5, 2016January 28, 2021
Woman, Women, Pregnant, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Test, Tests, Cosmo, Cosmopolitan, Healthy Start
Posted inUncategorized

6 things every woman should know about pregnancy tests

by Brooklyn Reader September 1, 2016January 28, 2021

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