124 rural hospital maternity units have closed or plan to close by 2026, reducing local labor and delivery services and increasing travel times ...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — When Northfield Hospital renovated its Birth Center in 2020, it increased its capacity to handle as many as 750 births a year. It could reach that number soon. Lisa Bauer, vice ...

OSF HealthCare is conducting continuous virtual monitoring of moms and fetuses from the beginning of labor through delivery. OSF HealthCare has launched an initiative to improve monitoring of labor ...

Registered nurse and mom of two Jen Hamilton suspects some hospitals will be furious that she's sharing this information.

Rural hospitals across the country are shuttering their labor and delivery units, leaving rural Americans — including Texans — with less access to necessary medical care. Across the country since 2020 ...

All four nurses employed by the Sweetwater Hospital Association (SHA) Labor and Delivery Department have put in their ...

A new federal grant could bring millions to rural Idaho, improving access to healthcare. Providers hope to address the loss ...

Good prenatal care and in-hospital obstetricians are helping reduce the risks to pregnancy locally. Ana Ramon-Francisco in ...

A Canadian study found many labor and delivery health professionals do not fully understand the anesthesiologist’s role in managing pregnant patients, which could affect the quality of care mothers ...

Facing a growing number of counties without obstetric care, Wyoming lawmakers on the Joint Appropriations Committee declined ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Women & Infants Hospital reached a new milestone at 10:59 a.m. on Tuesday. At 6 pounds and 11 ounces, April Elvannia da Rocha Oliveira was the first baby to be born in the ...