By Ashley Fredde In North Carolina, where a clinician practices can make all the difference for someone seeking maternity care — it’s the birth equivalent of “location, location, location.” Dozens of counties have no local obstetrics care, so families are forced to travel long distances for deliveries. That distance to care for rural patients has […]
Author Archives: Ashley Fredde
Ashley Fredde covers legislative health policy and aging for North Carolina Health News. She previously reported for KSL.com, Utah’s largest news website, where she covered health and human services with a focus on homelessness. A Utah native, Ashley has lived across the Western U.S. before making a coastal jump.
