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An incantation bowl with an Aramaic inscription around a demon from Nippur, Mesopotamia. Wikimedia Commons

‘I gave birth but did not bring a child to life’: for millenia, women expressed their pain through a belief in demonic, female monsters

From snake-like creatures with claws to jealous virgin ghosts, female monsters have long been a part of women’s lore. Such figures were Intimately tied to childbirth, sexuality and child mortality.
Research shows that uninsured people are more likely to get care later in pregnancy, and less care overall. This increases risks for mothers and babies. (Shutterstock)

An emergency in the making: Ending pandemic prenatal health coverage for uninsured people is both costly and dangerous

Discontinuing expanded health-care funding will result in less prenatal care for uninsured patients, more health risks, higher costs to the health system, and moral distress for health-care providers.

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