In the second part of this multi-part series, we explore, step-by-step, the process for diverting pregnant people out of LA County’s women’s jail, moving them into housing and toward independence.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
Though disabled women now get pregnant and give birth at the same rate as nondisabled ones, modern medicine has largely turned its back on them.
The number of patients with “unsalvageable” disease has ticked up. So too has the rate of amputations.
UCLA study answers some of the questions expectant mothers have had since early in the pandemic, when so much was unknown.
Many immigrant women were already vulnerable before due to their immigration status; the lockdown worsened their situation.
Muchas mujeres inmigrantes ya eran vulnerables al abuso conyugal, por ser indocumentadas y poco preparadas; la pandemia agudizó ese problema.
"If everybody in this community were vaccinated, we would have one person in the ICU. One," Marian Regional pulmonologist Zacharia Reagle said.
If drug price negotiation fails, Democrats lose funding for much of their current health care plans.
Birthing parents report isolation during the pandemic and stress after the closure of the labor and delivery center in Fort Bragg last year, revealing strains on maternal healthcare in Mendocino County.
This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.