When MedStar Washington Hospital Center in DC announced the closure of one of its two postpartum maternal units over the summer, alarms understandably went off throughout the government and advocacy community. In the District and in many other parts of the country, maternal mortality disproportionately strikes Black women.
Source: The DC Line
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