This report is part of a larger project led by WHYY’s Alan Yu and Nina Feldman as part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2020 Data Fellowship.
Women's and Maternal Health
A collection of resources to help you find care providers, access mental health and spirituality support, or learn more about Black perinatal health and birth justice.
A reporter explains how she found women willing to speak out about substandard maternity care in south Texas by posting messages on Facebook.
A key group of Texas representatives considered a proposal Tuesday that would lengthen health insurance coverage for low-income mothers.
How do you find sources that live in hard-to-reach places in the middle of a pandemic?
A couple dreamed of having children. But their hopes and plans did not include lockdown, loneliness, and a chaotic, overwhelmed health care system.
Alaska women who live in rural and remote communities usually travel to city centers to give birth against incredible geographical odds.
In Unalaska, the only commuter airline went out of business during the pandemic. That poses especially serious obstalces for pregnant women, who can’t postpone appointments.
Alaska women who live in rural and remote communities usually travel to city centers to give birth — against incredible geographical odds. It hasn’t always been this way. COVID-19 has made a hard trip even more daunting.
Shawn Thierry can’t recall the moment she gave birth, but she does remember how she almost died.