Black Olympian dies from pregnancy complication.

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The death of US Olympic sprinter Tori Bowie, who was eight months pregnant, has highlighted the pregnancy complication of preeclampsia, which disproportionately affects Black women. The condition, which can lead to eclampsia and death, is 60% more common among Black women than white women, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation. Black women and Native American women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women in the US, which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Bowie's agent called for change in maternal care in the US.
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