Midwives have been caring for women for centuries — the roots of this work can be traced to the beginning of humanity. About ...

There is a shortage of OB-GYN physicians across the country, and the issue is getting progressively worse by the year. In ...

In 2024, Texas increased supplemental payments for rural hospitals from $500 to $1,500 per birth, bringing the total compensation per Medicaid birth to $8,100. (For comparison, employer-sponsored ...

AND WE ARE BACK WITH THE HEALTH ALERT. WELL, YOU WOULDN’T SHOW UP TO A MARATHON WITHOUT TRAINING. AND EXPERTS SAY THE SAME GOES FOR MOTHERS WHO ARE BRINGING A NEW LIFE INTO THE WORLD. JOINING ME NOW ...

OSF HealthCare is conducting continuous virtual monitoring of moms and fetuses from the beginning of labor through delivery.

Mom-to-be Stephanie Zuroski hopes she recognizes the signs of labor quickly, because the hospital where she plans to deliver her first child is more than an hour from her home in rural Elk County, ...

The only hospital in a Northern Idaho town of 9,000 people, Bonner General Health, announced last week that it was closing its labor and delivery clinic. The hospital — situated in Sandpoint, a remote ...

Giving birth is already one of the biggest challenges in a person’s life, but an unsupportive birth partner can make it even worse. Take it from people who see this dynamic every day. While labor and ...

As of Nov. 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will no longer provide on-call labor and delivery coverage at Owatonna Hospital, and ...

Beginning Nov. 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will no longer provide labor and delivery coverage at Owatonna Hospital.