Two Texas hospitals performed episiotomies at rates four to six times the recommended level last year. But women giving birth should know: You have the final say.
Children & Families
Whether a woman delivers by cesarean has less to do with her health than the hospital she goes to. Case in point: Doctors Hospital of Laredo, where rates of surgical intervention during childbirth are way above the norm. Experts say something isn’t right.
What has the pandemic changed about the lives of children of farmworkers in Florida?
This story was produced by Ida Mojadad, a participant in the 2019 Data Fellowship, who is investigating the efficacy of the health access program Healthy SF in San Francisco.
Her other stories include:
Workers may get cash payout from medical reimbursement accounts
Millions left sitting in medi
The data tell a disturbing story about how the U.S. has failed to invest in the health and future of some of the most vulnerable among us.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic and a summer of wildfire smoke, children living in East and West Oakland had a hard time breathing.
In Silicon Valley, the pandemic has exacerabated long-running inequities between places such as Atherton and East Palo Alto.
How did a county that ranks 11th among California counties in population end up with the second-highest COVID-19 case rate per capita in the state?
The lack of consistency in screening abuse reports is concerning enough for state legislators to consider changes to North Carolina’s system.
This story was produced as part of a large project by Jessica Bedolla, a participant in the 2020 National Fellowship, who is exploring, researching and reporting the impact of this worldwide pandemic in communities along the border.