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‘My baby died after I was ignored’: More families call for NHS maternity inquiry
When Tassie Weaver went into labour at full term, she thought she was hours away from holding her first child. But, by the time she was giving birth, she knew her son had died. Doctors had previously told Tassie to call her local maternity unit immediately when she went into labour, she says, because her…
Black Communities Affected By Opioids Have Been Mostly Ignored in Settlements
Opinion Black Communities Affected By Opioids Have Been Mostly Ignored in Settlements The settlements that have come out of opioid lawsuits should be going to communities affected most. This isn’t what’s happening for Black communities By Jerel Ezell After a troubling spike that began in 2019, the total number of drug overdose deaths dropped in…