Beyond the numbers: How DC-area doctors are addressing challenges for new Black moms

Beyond the numbers: How DC-area doctors are addressing challenges for new Black moms

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. The maternal mortality rate for Black women was three times higher than the rate for white women, according to the most recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics. A report from the center last year examined maternal mortality rates from 2023 and found the rate …