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New Jersey Report Finds Most Pregnancy-Related Deaths Were Preventable

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A New Jersey review committee has found that most local pregnancy-related deaths that occurred from 2016 through 2018 could have been prevented. As WHYY’s Nicole Leonard reports, the committee found significant racial and geographic disparities in pregnancy outcomes.

(Original air-date: 11/11/22)

Nicole Leonard is a health and science reporter for WHYY News. She joined the newsroom in 2022 after covering health care for Connecticut Public Radio. Before that, she was the health reporter for the Press of Atlantic City.