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The cloud of COVID-19 is especially heavy for expectant parents. As part of our Informed Communities Series on Infant Mortality, WKSU brings you insights…
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Greater Akron’s Full Term First Birthday is encouraging black pregnant women to be especially vigilant to avoid contracting COVID-19.Very little is known…
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rich Cordray brought his campaign to Springfield and Cincinnati Monday. In Cincinnati he met with Hamilton County…
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The agency that helps finance low- and moderate-income housing in Ohio is giving developers incentives to reduce infant mortality.The Ohio Housing Finance…
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A Stark County initiative has made strides toward decreasing the rate of infant mortality in the county.Toward Health Resiliency for Infant Vitality and…
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Healthcare and community leaders in Akron today signed an agreement to work to reduce infant mortality, particularly among African-American babies.The…
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Northeast Ohio has some of the best medical care available in the U.S., but parts of Cleveland also have some of the nation’s highest rates of infant…
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The City of Akron has appointed its first Health Equity Ambassador to help decrease racial and ethnic health disparities. Mayor Dan Horrigan has appointed…
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Stark County has staked part of its hope of combatting everything from infant mortality to drug abuse on noncustodial fathers. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze has…
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The state’s latest report on infant mortality shows an increase in the overall rate of children dying before they turn 1 – and a growing gap between the…
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Ohio continues to have one of the highest infant mortality rates in the country, and babies born into two Akron ZIP codes have been more likely to die…
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Ohio has some of the highest infant mortality rates in the nation, and that includes neighborhoods in the Akron area.This week, the city of Akron is…
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The Ohio Senate has passed a bill aimed at preventing infant mortality.One of the sponsors of the legislation, Republican Senator Shannon Jones, says a…
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After months of being away to campaign, the Ohio Senate is coming back to the Statehouse next week to vote on a bill that tackles the state’s poor infant…