Cedars-Sinai Medical Center facing federal probe over treatment of Black mothers
The federal government has launched a civil rights investigation into how Cedars-Sinai Medical Center treats Black women who give birth at the Los Angeles hospital. The federal government has launched a civil rights investigation into how Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles treats Black women who give birth at the hospital, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to ABC News. "Maternal health is a priority for the Biden-Harris Administration and one in which the HHS Office for Civil Rights is working on around the country to ensure equity and equality in health care," the HHS spokesperson told ABC News in a statement on Wednesday. "To protect the integrity of this ongoing investigation we have no further comment." Asked about the probe, a Cedars-Sinai spokesperson told ABC News in a statement on Tuesday that the medical center is "concerned" about the racial disparities in maternal care and is working to address th...