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.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
Zac Mago, a healthy teen, died from cardiac arrest despite a prior clear heart screening. Some medical professionals recommend kids get screened annually after detecting a potential heart abnormality. But his mother said Zac’s cardiologist didn’t tell them that.
Jonathan I. Epstein resigned amid a review, telling The Post he did not want to return to work with colleagues who he says falsely accused him of misconduct
Florida doctors see a health crisis unfolding: Infant mortality rates in the state persist at levels higher than the national average, but equally as concerning is the rising number of premature births.
Also this week: Social and economic factors take more than a decade off Native American life expectancy.
Language barriers may be hindering crucial warnings over the dangers of fentanyl for some 70,000 Indigenous Maya-speaking people.
In 1998, the year I was diagnosed with autism, the CDC estimated that 1 in 500 children had a form of autism. Today, education and awareness have shifted those numbers to one in 68 children who are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
The first in a three-part series investigating North Carolina's psychiatric residential treatment facilities, where children with complex behavioral needs are sent for care.
Hospitals in South LA are more likely to divert ambulances and are more likely to be under-resourced and understaffed.
Louisiana's abortion ban affects maternal care, leading to delays and unnecessary cesarean sections, disproportionately impacting Black and low-income women.