Liz Szabo | KFF Health News
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Charity Watkins’ health took a bad turn in the weeks after her daughter was born. Her doctor blamed postpartum depression and then the flu. Those misdiagnoses put Watkins’ life at risk; she actually had heart failure. Women and racial and ethnic minorities are 20% to 30% more likely than white men to experience a medical misdiagnosis, according to a new study.
