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Deaths from pregnancy complications have become more frequent in Mississippi, and racial disparities in the health of those who give birth have widened in recent years, according to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Health.He Mississippi Maternal Mortality Report shows that the maternal mortality rate increased by 8.8% between 2013-2016 and 2017-2019, the latter being the most recent period analyzed by the researchers.Non-Hispanic black women had a rate four times higher than non-Hispanic white women. Meanwhile, the rate rose 25% for black women while it fell 14% among white women. Of the maternal deaths directly related to…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam title by beating Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the women's final of the Australian Open on Saturday.Sabalenka, 24, from Belarus, was playing her first Grand Slam final.She improved to 11-0 in 2023, and the only set she lost all season was Saturday's opener against Wimbledon champion Rybakina.But Sabalenka turned things around with an aggressive style that resulted in 51 winners, 20 more than her opponent. He used 17 aces to overcome seven double faults. And he managed to break the big-serve Rybakina three times, most recently with a…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — He was an amateur photographer who loved to skateboard and watch the sunsets darken the woods and ponds of his adopted hometown.He enjoyed his mother's sesame seed chicken and greeted her and his stepfather, Rodney Wells, when he came home with a hearty "Hello, parents!"Those words will no longer be heard from Tire Nichols, a 29-year-old black man who was hospitalized in critical condition and died three days after a traffic stop on January 7. "Nobody's perfect, that's fine, but it was very close," his mother, RowVaughn Wells, said at a news conference Monday.RowVaughn Wells, mother of…

The Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn emergency use authorization for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 antibody cocktail, Evusheld, as the treatment is not expected to neutralize omicron's currently dominant XBB.1.5 subvariant.The FDA had limited the use of Evusheld before this month for the same reason and the agency's announcement on Thursday sent US shares in London-based AstraZeneca tumbling 1.31% to $65.75.Omicron's XBB.1.5 subvariant has been spreading rapidly in the country since December and accounted for almost half of all Covid cases in the US. In the past weekaccording to government data.FDA decision resonates with concerns raised by the European Union health regulator…