Sens. Katie Britt, Laphonza Butler introduce bill to fund maternal mortality research

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Sens. Katie Britt, Laphonza Butler introduce bill to fund maternal mortality research

U.S. Senators Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Laphonza Butler, D-Calif., today introduced the NIH IMPROVE Act, the Senate Companion to Representative Lauren Underwood’s, D-IL-14, and Brian Fitzpatrick’s, R-PA-01, House bill, which would ensure consistent funding for research on maternal care and mortality. In 2019, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) In…