Also this week: Fresh reporting puts a spotlight on how AI can both perpetuate and avoid embedded biases in health care.
Women's and Maternal Health
The closure of El Centro's maternity ward strains Imperial County's lone hospital, forcing many to seek care far away, highlighting rural healthcare challenges and urgent need for more resources.
In the last six years, five maternity units have closed down across rural Virginia, impacting access to prenatal care. However, with the closures have come new models of care.
A growing body of evidence suggests that an important public health tool intended to give women agency over their bodies is at times deployed in ways that take it away.
Fourteen states now have total or near-total bans. Yet the recorded number and rate of abortions is the highest it’s been in a decade.
Heat wave endangers migrants, prisoners of color
Duaa Eldeib, a reporter for ProPublica, shared the story behind her heartbreaking, high-impact series on "Stillbirths" in her address to the Center for Health Journalism's 2024 National Fellowship.
Reporting on the unexpected ripple effects of abortion restrictions might mean rethinking your assumptions.
There are a number of reasons why the U.S. health care system is falling short when it comes to maternity care. All of them are about money.
A journalist struggled to find women willing to share their stories of reproductive coercion. Then a connection made through Facebook brought the reporting to life.