U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Cory Booker Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Fund Maternal Care and Mortality Research

November 20, 2025 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today reintroduced the NIH IMPROVE Act, the Senate companion to Representative Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) and Brian Fitzpatrick's (R-Pa.) House bill, which would ensure consistent funding for research on maternal care and mortality. In 2019, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the...