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U.S. Hospitals Struggle To Protect Mothers When Childbirth Turns Deadly

A joint NPR and ProPublica investigation finds the U.S. medical system can be unprepared when the complications of childbirth turn deadly. NPR reports on healthy mothers who developed one highly treatable complication — preeclampsia — and how it killed them.

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Nina Martin, ProPublica
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Renee Montagne, one of the best-known names in public radio, is a special correspondent and host for NPR News.

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