Duaa Eldeib of Propublica

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She says doctors ignored her concerns about her pregnancy; for black women, it’s a familiar story.

Black women overall are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth, according to 2020 CDC data, the most recent available.

Dec 27, 2022

OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

After a Stillbirth, an Autopsy Can Provide Answers. Too Few of Them Are Being Performed

For Dr. Karen Gibbins, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Oregon Health & Science University, her son’s death in her 27th week of pregnancy sparked questions only an autopsy could answer.

Nov 29, 2022

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They Were The Pandemic’s Perfect Victims

The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century. Few people took notice.

Jan 11, 2022

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