"Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth" - Renee Montagne and Nina Martin
The CDC finds that more than half of America’s maternal deaths occur postpartum. A third of those happen as least a week or more after giving birth. Elizabeth Howell, MD, MPP, professor of population health science and policy, psychiatry, schizophrenia, obstetrics and reproductive science and associate dean of academic development at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is known for her work on racial disparities. “We’ve had a longstanding history in this country of just sort of sending moms out. You know, they’ve done the big thing. They’ve delivered the baby, and now they’ll heal. They’ll be fine. And you know, that’s actually not true.”
- Elizabeth Howell, MD, MPP, Professor, Population Health Science and Policy, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Associate Dean, Academic Development, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai