{"id":137048,"date":"2026-08-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/11\/a-midwife-crosses-maternity-deserts-to-make-a-difference-for-black-moms-and-babies-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T10:00:00","slug":"a-midwife-crosses-maternity-deserts-to-make-a-difference-for-black-moms-and-babies-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/11\/a-midwife-crosses-maternity-deserts-to-make-a-difference-for-black-moms-and-babies-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"A midwife crosses &#8216;maternity deserts&#8217; to make a difference for Black moms and babies &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQanBVYWRpZXFkN21pZTFNRTV2RUxhR0MyWXVwdFJYSFZDU1Y3aHM4ZF9jdEV0MW1HU0ZjZmRZWHN0OW1oRjNEUVZxNkVlekRnYUo1WWJTb3NSN3BnbHZmUXVveXgyRmxSTTNiakR0RUVObmdlS0taelg2UEVhb3pkSUJZZ3RZcUQ3NWtxWFRMQ1dQUE9rOWNBVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A midwife crosses &#8216;maternity deserts&#8217; to make a difference for Black moms and babies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQRVVud180ck9zTVVHNFlNY2FDVFhJNlgwOTRSTWN4RXRFbGNBVkRnZFMtejNDRHViOENxdExXeVVpaE10eVgzRndId01qTm1TUlZpSFhnOUFZckVqOGhwUFE3Y2xfcnpWcWh5MTFMS2xBMERUbDYtWXd1VTRXMzU0V2s1M0QxTlZqdFB4Ym5ySXg0VXJWM0I3NUpjc3VZTnUyX3d2d3ZQSEEyZFBXZzFscmZXQU16QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Millions of pregnant women traveling more than an hour to the doctor, new report finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFB0TGc4QV9STVRqaXlVQ2g1dkkyYzNGdkJvbGQ1M2VjSTByYWlmS2VPV0xJRUtkX1VDejhTUmJJMjd4SnFYTVZIVnVtM25nNWN4RUp6TFpuMWxnM3l2RTNGS3NWbENYSjRyYW5FbWJYUUpZc1h3bm9HOWRYZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">More Than One Third of U.S. Counties Are Maternity Care Deserts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Time Magazine<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingJBVV95cUxPanM1SUZlaTVqU0R6azZTUGFPR0hrUkJnZTg2Zzk2U1c5UW5uMjYxV0FRNjY0NllHbEFtYVhtRnh3RkNib2NhdE5zMGJMVlM3allnU0NKLTJFZllwUGFoYW1ELUJRYXIzeHFFcHpjWmw2Vy1nX01MR0Y3WklDVWRKRWZVYk5VcXRMU3FEV0F1bFlsVUdpZWJKX0xkV1l0NTVTTzdBVWZ5RFItZHczUUZ1aFBnemhhdUpuWkFJa2lzUFM3M1RYVlBseVBFTWMwdEhrSUM3bDNTMWlJUzg0UGdmRUhmQXJla0p3a2dldWVlLXExUWd0OUg5dmc1YVBqQW13NktOOWNhVkZ1NFoyWUt6YjhscHZXR2RDRlZJaEZn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">March of Dimes report reveals persistent gaps in access to maternity care as recent healthcare changes threaten an already fragile system<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PR Newswire<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE5fVEExaERXek9xZGlIY09FNmNvci1UWDdRM2RuREtEaFBSdWVsTzA2WnVxTWhiQ3lFcjNOemtRQjlOSFFzUDNLcjV3bGhkUFoxbTBINnNjN0dYc1NpUlFpVVVwRHNURXowakdwVGdWY0J5c1lja2JkVWdTOFdabjg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">More than 1 in 3 US counties are &#8216;maternity care deserts,\u2019 report finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A midwife crosses &#8216;maternity deserts&#8217; to make a difference for Black moms and babies&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Millions of pregnant women traveling more than an hour to the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/11\/a-midwife-crosses-maternity-deserts-to-make-a-difference-for-black-moms-and-babies-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}