SEN. OSSOFF WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH IN GEORGIA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C.- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to improve maternal health in Georgia.

Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring theNIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Actto provide funding for the National Institutes of Health's IMPROVE Initiative, which conducts research to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity.

TheNIH IMPROVE Act, introduced by Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), would authorize $73.4 million annually for the NIH IMPROVE initiative for seven years and would ensure consistent resources for ongoing research to reduce preventable causes of maternal deaths and improve healt...