Texas News New Research Shows Texas' Maternal Mortality Rate is Far Lower Than Believed KWBU | By Texas Standard Published April 10, 2018 at 12:50 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 10:09 Lynda Gonzalez/KUT News Maria Vera feeds her newborn son, Jair Alexander, with the help of Melissa Benson, a registered nurse and director of women's services at The Children's Hospital of San Antonio, in December. Some deaths were previously counted incorrectly.