Enlarge this image Abortion-rights protesters march on Market Street in San Francisco on June 24, the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe…
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Health department medical detectives find 84% of U.S. maternal deaths are preventable
by April Dembosky October 21, 2022Enlarge this image Data compiled by the CDC highlights multiple weaknesses in the system of care for new mothers, from obstetricians who…
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As Meth Use Surges, First Responders Struggle To Help Those In Crisis
by April Dembosky May 1, 2019Enlarge this image Kim has been living at the Epiphany Center, a treatment facility in San Francisco for women struggling with addiction,…
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California Doctors Alarmed As State Links Their Opioid Prescriptions to Deaths
by April Dembosky January 23, 2019Enlarge this image When a former patient died from a lethal combination of methadone and Benadryl, Dr. Ako Jacintho got a letter…
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She Wanted To Be The Perfect Mom, Then Landed In A Psychiatric Unit
by April Dembosky January 19, 2019Enlarge this image Lisa Abramson holds her firstborn child, Lucy, in 2014. A few weeks after Lucy’s birth, Abramson began feeling confused…
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Childbirth In The Age Of Addiction: New Mom Worries About Maintaining Her Sobriety
by April Dembosky November 10, 2018Enlarge this image Nicole and Ben Veum, with their little boy, Adrian. Nicole was in recovery from opioid addiction when she gave…
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California’s Message To Hospitals: Shape Up Or Lose ‘In-Network’ Status
by April Dembosky May 23, 2018Enlarge this image California is starting to push hospitals throughout the state to lower their rates of medically unnecessary C-sections. Thanasis Zovoilis/Getty…
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Lawmakers Weigh Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Screening For Postpartum Depression
by April Dembosky March 19, 2018Enlarge this image Wendy Root Askew with her husband Dominick Askew and their son. When the little boy (now 6) was born,…