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When the hospital is 800 miles away: Pregnant in rural Alaska during COVID-19
How do you find sources that live in hard-to-reach places in the middle of a pandemic? more »
posted 03/23/21
How far do Alaska women have to go to give birth?
Rural women in Alaska must travel long distances for prenatal care and hospital births. Now,... more »
posted 08/11/20

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Project: To keep COVID-19 out of her remote community, one woman spent 10 weeks in isolation waiting to deliver twins
Alaska women who live in rural and remote communities usually travel to city centers to give birth against incredible geographical odds.
Project: Pregnant women in Unalaska brave COVID-19 and a lapse in regular air service to get to the nearest hospital… 800 miles away
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.
Project: ‘Most mothers don’t have to deal with this’: COVID-19 makes medical travel for pregnant women even harder
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.