Chavi Karkowsky

High-risk obstetrician in New York City who writes about medicine, women's health, policy and occasionally my four kids. Author of "High Risk: Stories of Pregnancy, Birth, and the Unexpected" (Liveright/Norton: 2020). Articles have appeared in the Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, and other publications.

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A member of housecleaning services disinfects her hands after cleaning a room in a COVID-19 unit at a Seattle hospital last year

At a hospital battered by COVID-19, some workers say no to the vaccine. Why?

“I started out as a proselytizer. But I saw how my conversations hinged on my power as a white woman, a doctor and an employer.”

As a high-risk obstetrician, I’m used to making tough decisions. Then pregnant women showed up with COVID-19.

A high-risk obstetrician shares what it's been like working with pregnant women in some of NYC's poorest neighborhoods during the pandemic.

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Chavi Karkowsky

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At a hospital battered by COVID-19, some workers say no to the vaccine. Why?

As a high-risk obstetrician, I’m used to making tough decisions. Then pregnant women showed up with COVID-19.