Nearly 50 N.C. hospitals have begun distributing the wristbands as reminders of the life-threatening risks after birth.
Andrew Jones
Andrew Jones is a rural health correspondent for KFF Health News, based in western North Carolina. Previously, he worked at the non-profit news outlet Asheville Watchdog and at the region’s paper of record, Asheville Citizen-Times, focusing on hospitals and health care as an investigative reporter.
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