by #KenyaHunter in #CapitalB:
"According to the study, 63 of the 113 deaths during that span were Black women, who were also two times more likely to die from pregnancy-related illness than white women in the state. A DPH spokesperson told Capital B Atlanta that 85% of the deaths involving Black women were preventable."
https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/maternal-mortality-report/
#BlackWomen #WomensHealth #health #healthcare #pregnancy #maternity #MaternalMortality #mortality #cardiomyopathy #embolisms #classism #racism
#kenyahunter #capitalb #blackwomen #womenshealth #health #healthcare #pregnancy #maternity #maternalmortality #mortality #cardiomyopathy #embolisms #classism #racism
#Xylem #embolisms are an important reason for #drought induced #plant #mortality - a new New Phytologist #Tansley Review explores the „Functional xylem characteristics associated with drought-induced embolism in angiosperms“:
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.18447
#Xylem #embolisms #drought #plant #mortality #tansley