Nina Martin
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Berkeley, CA, United States
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Black Men Have the Shortest Lifespans of Any Americans. This Theory Helps Explain Why. —
The unrelenting stress of fighting systemic racism can alter a body’s normal functioning until it starts to wear down. The theory, known as John Henryism, helps explain racial health disparities. → Read More
Agonizing Lag in Coronavirus Research Puts Pregnant Women and Babies at Risk —
After months of asserting pregnant women were not at high risk for the coronavirus, the CDC recently released a study with sobering findings for expectant mothers. Experts say the data gaps are almost as worrisome as the results. → Read More
“Similar to Times of War”: The Staggering Toll of COVID-19 on…
One of every four Filipinos in the New York-New Jersey area is employed in the health care industry. With at least 30 worker deaths and many more family members lost to the coronavirus, a community at the epicenter of the pandemic has been left reeling. → Read More
What Coronavirus Means for Pregnancy and Other Things New and Expecting Mothers Should Know —
The experience you expected is likely to be very different from the one you actually get. The key to staying sane is to be as ready as possible to throw your best-laid-plans out the window. → Read More
The New U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Fails to Capture Many Deaths —
Since 2007, the government had held off on releasing an official estimate of expectant and new mothers who died from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. It waited for the data to get better. But the new, long-anticipated number falls short. → Read More
The Extraordinary Danger of Being Pregnant and Uninsured in Texas —
Over three years, nearly 400 pregnant or new mothers died in Texas. Its system for helping the uninsured thwarts women at every turn, frustrates doctors and midwives, and incentivizes substandard care. → Read More
What Happens When New Mothers Don’t Have Insurance? Help Us Find Out. —
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. → Read More
We’re Investigating How Insurance Gaps Endanger Mothers. This Is Why. —
Women are getting kicked off Medicaid quickly after giving birth or aren’t qualifying for care to begin with. → Read More
“Landmark” Maternal Health Legislation Clears Major Hurdle —
In the wake of the ProPublica and NPR series “Lost Mothers,” the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to fund state committees to review and investigate deaths of expectant and new mothers. → Read More
Trusted Health Sites Spread Myths About a Deadly Pregnancy Complication
From the Mayo Clinic to Harvard, sources don't always get the facts right about preeclampsia. Reached by ProPublica, some are making needed corrections. → Read More
U.S. Senate Committee Proposes $50 Million to Prevent Mothers Dying in Childbirth
After years of Congressional inaction, legislators in both parties want to back efforts by states and hospitals to reduce the U.S. maternal mortality rate, the highest in the developed world. → Read More
Redesigning Maternal Care: OB-GYNs Are Urged to See New Mothers Sooner and More Often
Sweeping changes in medical practice could improve the dismal U.S. rate of maternal deaths and near-deaths, an influential doctors’ group says. → Read More
Here’s One Issue Blue and Red States Agree On: Preventing Deaths of Expectant and New Mothers
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate out of all affluent countries. This statistic is driving lawmakers across the country to adopt bipartisan bills to investigate maternal deaths more closely, ProPublica reports. → Read More
A Larger Role for Midwives Could Improve Deficient U.S. Care for Mothers and Babies
According to a new study, states that give midwives a greater role in patient care achieve better results on key measures of maternal and neonatal health. → Read More
Severe Complications for Women During Childbirth Are Skyrocketing — and Could Often Be Prevented —
The rate of life-threatening complications for new mothers in the U.S. has more than doubled in two decades due to pre-existing conditions, medical errors and unequal access to care. → Read More
Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth
Not education. Not income. Not even being an expert on racial disparities in health care. → Read More
Maternal Care Is Disappearing From America's Rural Counties
A new study shows that more than half of the country's rural counties now don't have hospitals with obstetric services. And women of color are being hit the hardest. → Read More
Another Thing Disappearing From Rural America: Maternal Care —
A new study shows that more than half of the country’s rural counties now don’t have hospitals with obstetric services. And women of color are being hit the hardest. → Read More
Many Nurses Lack Knowledge of Health Risks for New Mothers, Study Finds
A nationwide survey shows that postpartum nurses often fail to warn mothers about potentially life-threatening complications, mainly because they need more education themselves. → Read More
‘If You Hemorrhage, Don’t Clean Up’: Advice From Mothers Who Almost Died
We’ve heard from 3,100 women who survived life-threatening complications of pregnancy or childbirth. They told us what they wish they had known — and what they would say to other new and expectant mothers. → Read More