maternity care Archives - Local News Matters

WORKERS AT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER’S trauma unit routinely cut car crash victims out of their clothes, replace blood as it sprays from torn aortas and hold pelvic bones together as they pass along instructions over the yelling of suffering patients. Commotion and stress aren’t exactly positive features of most workplaces. But for an East San […]

Tag: maternity care

East San Jose hospital back online for trauma patients after years of deep service cuts

California’s maternity care crisis is worsening as Newsom decides on bills to slow closures

Queer doulas make childbirth safer for Black, brown, LGBTQ+ people, but barriers remain

California hospitals keep closing their labor wards. Can lawmakers do anything about it?

Tortillas sold in California may be forced to add new ingredient. New research shows why

Black women are at highest risk for pregnancy deaths. How a new California law addresses the problem

California gives new moms extra Medi-Cal benefits, but it can’t say who’s using them

She opened a business to deliver babies. State policies drove her out of the country

As hospitals close labor wards, large stretches of California are without maternity care

Despite high Black maternal death rate, state hospitals ignored training about bias in care

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