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Presenting The Pulse: The Impact of Maternity Ward Closures


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Hosted by Maiken Scott and aired weekly on WHYY and other NPR member stations, The Pulse tells stories at the heart of health, science and innovation. This particular Pulse story, reported by Alan Yu and Nina Feldman, looks at a crisis of maternity ward closures that recently hit the city of Philadelphia, and the surprising alliances and unexpected outcomes that it catalyzed.


Dig deeper into The Pulse team's research: https://whyy.org/segments/how-philadelphia-escaped-disaster-in-the-face-of-a-dozen-shuttered-maternity-wards/


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