Youngkin reestablishes Maternal Health Task Force while Virginia’s infant mortality rate above natio

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is making a push to support pregnant mothers and their children by reestablishing a task force that he says will evaluate maternal health data to help improve health outcomes for new mothers and their children.
Youngkin's Executive Order 32 comes as recent data from the March of Dimes shows Virginia’s infant mortality rate, defined as the number of children who died before reaching their first birthday, was higher than the national average.
“We struggle with access," Dr. Arthur Ollendorff with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine said about maternal healthcare in Virginia. "There are many maternity deserts within Virginia, especially in Southwest Virginia, where there are only about four or five delivering hospitals and many counties don’t have delivering hospitals."

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