maternal death

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. (Bryan Clifton for UAMS)

UAMS, Arkansas Crime Lab partner to offer forensic pathology fellowship

BY: - July 10, 2023

Physicians who have completed a residency program in anatomic or anatomic/clinical pathology can apply for a one-year fellowship in forensic pathology being offered through UAMS and the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory. The fellowship will start July 1, 2024, according to a Monday press release from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The program was […]

Idaho bans nearly all abortions — and just declined to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage

BY: - March 29, 2023

Without coverage from Idaho’s Medicaid program, Moscow resident Erin Singer is convinced she would have felt forced to seek an abortion when she got pregnant with her son in 2017. And without coverage from Medicaid after she gave birth, Singer wouldn’t have been able to afford the physical therapy required to treat the debilitating pelvic […]

A bed in the neonatal intensive care unit at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Far more American women deliver their babies prematurely than any other Western country, leading to maternal and infant deaths, billions of dollars of intensive care, and lifelong disabilities for the children who survive. (Diana Dwyer/Broward Health)

The US remains a grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

BY: - March 20, 2023

Tamara Etienne’s second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacerbated by a first pregnancy that had ended in miscarriage. A third-grade teacher at an overcrowded Miami-Dade County public school, she spent harried days on her feet. Financial worries weighed heavy, even with health insurance and some paid time off […]