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Innovations

A New Shared Decision-Making Tool Empowers Patients in Fibroids Management

July 25th, 2024

| Jenny Fernandez

a post partum mother lays down in a peaceful position, her face soft and eyes closed, her new baby on her chest

Community & Social Health

Neighborhood Birth Center Plans Move Forward in Roxbury

February 15th, 2024

| Sandra Larson

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Combatting Racism

5 Times BMCHS Re-Affirmed Its Commitment to Health Equity in 2023

December 22nd, 2023

| HealthCity Editors

A photo collage of the images: A Black male speaker wearing a beanie looking to his right; a Black female doctor with short hair and glasses stands between her colleagues, two white women with their hair tied back into buns look at one another in front of a view of the ocean; a Black woman with short dark hair looks at the camera; a white female doctor with long brown hair is wearing a doctor's coat smiles at the camera while she is at her desk at work.

Combatting Racism

The 5 Stories Our Readers Loved The Most In 2023

December 7th, 2023

| HealthCity Editors

A Black woman sleeping with her newborn baby on a hospital bed. The baby's is lying on top of the mother and the mother is resting her hand gently over the baby's back. The baby has short, dark hair.

Combatting Racism

Standardizing the Decision-to-Incision Process Improves Fetal Outcomes After C-Sections

June 22nd, 2023

| HealthCity Editors

a black parent and her child are speaking with their healthcare provider. mother and provider are both smiling and looking at each other. the provider has thick, curly hair and tan skin and is wearing scrubs. the mother is wearing a pink jumpsuit

Advocacy

BMC Labor & Delivery Director Testifies on Key Ways to Close Racial Gaps in Maternal Health Outcomes

June 15th, 2023

| Katie Dillon

a doula with glasses smiles softly at the camera while holding a newborn to her chest

Combatting Racism

Birth Sisters: The Case for Hospital-Supported Doula Programs

April 11th, 2023

| Elli Greenlaw

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Advocacy

Fathers Who Lost Partners to Pregnancy-Related Deaths Are Dedicating Their Lives to Birth Justice

February 2nd, 2023

| Caitlin White

Combatting Racism

Black Women Are Bearing the Burden of Abortion Bans

January 24th, 2023

| Katie Dillon

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Community & Social Health

One NICU Patient's Rocky Discharge Amid the Infant Formula Shortage: Case Study

October 5th, 2022

| Neha S. Anand, MD MPH

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Combatting Racism

Can Group Prenatal Care Improve Health Equity in Pregnancy?

October 4th, 2022

| Jenny Fernandez

A Black man with a beard and a black zip-up hooded sweatshirt opens his front door to receive fresh produce from a delivery person wearing a black coat. The Black man is smiling.

Community & Social Health

Tampon Shortage Spotlights the Vital Need for Menstrual Equity Now

August 30th, 2022

| Isabella Bellini

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