Georgia is one of the most dangerous states in which to give birth. One reason: A decades-old state regulatory system gives rural, Black Georgians less access to maternity care.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
After experiencing life-threatening complications, those who survive labor and delivery often feel abandoned by the American medical system.
“I want to highlight not just fact checking, but also source checking,” Dr. Seema Yasmin told fellows.
In California, many hospitals and providers institute a blanket ban on all vaginal birth after C-sections.
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The National Institutes of Health is now providing critical support to multiple studies on valley fever. Such research could yield critical new breakthroughs in our understanding of the long-overlooked disease.
Researchers say a canine vaccine against valley fever could be available within the next 10 years, and the work to save dogs from the disease could also further efforts to create a valley fever...
A Phoenix-based laboratory is capturing detailed images of the fungus that causes valley fever, hoping to better understand how it works.