MYRTLE BEACH — Away from bustling emergency rooms and hospitals stocked with sterile supplies, doctors ... with black fly larvae in his intestines. Jacky Anderson, a registered nurse, was ...

For Dr. Ellen Rucker Sellers, giving birth to her newborns quickly transformed into a near-fatal event after losing ...

Dr. Paul DeMarco was inspired by photo essay, "Country Doctor," that documented work of Ernest Ceriani, the sole physician ...

As Black Maternal Health Week is observed from April 11th to 17th, a recent study by the California Equity in Maternal Health has ...

The staged video depicted the doctor telling the patient, "Take that ridiculous hat off if you want to be seen by me," as ...

The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy is a twice-monthly newsletter showcasing the best – and the worst – in rural media and ...

But for Black women? They went up. That’s not a coincidence. That’s racism—structural and systemic.” This crisis didn’t appear overnight. As Jeanine Valrie Logan, a certified nurse ...

Respondents from the country to the 2018 Being Black ... a native doctor when they hear that the one they have been assigned has an Arabic or Somali name. “Then I hear the nurse explaining ...

When people ask why Black mothers and babies are dying at higher rates, I want to be really clear: this isn’t just about poverty or education or where you live. It’s about racism—systemic, embedded ...

In collaboration with The Associated Press, Side Effects Public Media’s Ben Thorp reports that experts say things will only get worse as the U.S. prepares for a “silver tsunami” — that is, an aging ...

Traditional Vietnamese values emphasize sacrifice and resilience in motherhood. Women may feel immense pressure to follow ...

Ben Thorpe, Side Effects Public Media reporter: Tracy Balhan flips through old photos of her dad ... we spoke to — do not blame the nurses and doctors for the long stays. They say the problem ...