In this Your Health segment, Dr. Doee Kitessa discusses what contributed to a worsening of pregnancy-related death during the pandemic, and why Black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy. Dr. Kitessa is an obstetrician/gynecologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of […]
Black women’s history matters in medicine. Read ProPublica’s feature piece on how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth, and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color: https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-women-from-dying-in-pregnancy-and-childbirth And they’re seeking your help in understanding the problem. If you nearly died during pregnancy […]