The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 and Why it is Important
The United States is the only first-world country where maternal mortality rates are rising. The number of maternal deaths in the United States has risen from 674 in 1990 to 1063 in 2015, and the maternal mortality ratio, the number of maternal...
A Wedding and a Baby Delivered With Teamwork
Most brides would agree that it takes time and a crew of friends or family to pull off a flawless wedding. But the wedding of Shantel and Jamison Espaillat, in a hallway at The Mount Sinai Hospital, was planned and executed in a matter of...
The Child Malnutrition Crisis in Haiti
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates. Naissa Piverger, MPH, a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Department of Population Health Science and Policy at the Icahn School of...