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A 2024 study from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine suggests increasing racial diversity among providers could help slow inequities in obstetrics care. Data shows roughly 10% of obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYN) identify as Black, making them in high demand. When I first found out that she was expecting, I was excited, but my brain also went into reporter mode. I began researching the best hospitals and doctors in the region.

2 months ago | nbcchicago.com | Jummy Olabanji |Teneille Gibson

Arika Trim was the kind of daughter who made her family proud. She was a college graduate who worked for former first lady Michelle Obama, the House of Representatives and the American Hospital Association. “She was the most beautiful person, inside out. She had the biggest smile. She had the biggest heart. She cared for everyone,” her mother, Donna Trim-Stewart, said. The Prince George’s County, Maryland, resident was pregnant with her first child in June 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2 months ago | nbcwashington.com | Jummy Olabanji |Teneille Gibson

Arika Trim was the kind of daughter who made her family proud. She was a college graduate who worked for former first lady Michelle Obama, the House of Representatives and the American Hospital Association. "She was the most beautiful person, inside out. She had the biggest smile. She had the biggest heart. She cared for everyone," her mother, Donna Trim-Stewart, said. The Prince George's County, Maryland, resident was pregnant with her first child in June 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.