Maternity Wards Are Fraught for Many Black Patients. Meet Someone
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Ebony Marcelle wants Community of Hope to be a refuge. "People want to see people that look like them take care of them," she says.
Birth can be dismal for Black women. What this hospital is doing
Family Health and Birth Center
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Hope, and New Life, in a Brooklyn Maternity Ward Fighting Covid-19 - The New York Times
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OB-GYN integrates nurse-midwifery into maternal health care
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Maternity Wards Are Fraught for Many Black Patients. Meet Someone
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How a South L.A. hospital is trying to improve births for Black
Birth can be dismal for Black women. What this hospital is doing
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China's population is shrinking. It faces a perilous future.
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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend lost their baby — and broke the silence around miscarriages