Women who receive continuous care from community-based midwives have a significantly reduced risk of preterm birth in comparison to those who receive standard care. This care model also significantly ...

As America faces unprecedented demographic changes, pediatric healthcare systems find themselves at a critical crossroads.

A smaller construction labor shortage in 2026 reflects cooling demand, not a fix, as retirements, megaprojects and backlog gaps keep risk elevated.

After her daughter Honor was born at 24 weeks, Celia Strauss found herself living in the NICU for seven months, navigating ...

Helping women to keep their blood pressure at normal levels could reduce their risk of experiencing pregnancy complications, ...

Helping women to keep their blood pressure at normal levels could reduce their risk of experiencing pregnancy complications, ...

My daughter arrived on August 5, 2025, after a whirlwind and terrifying birth experience: 35 hours of labor, preeclampsia, ...

Childbirth has transformed from Christ's manger (left) to incubators (right), giving mothers and newborns a fighting chance to live. The temperature reading on one of the incubators at the newborn ...

Objectives: this study aimed to explore, from a maternal perspective, the experiences of Brazilian women regarding prenatal care, childbirth, and immediate postpartum period, including the associated ...

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A major maternity care shutdown is raising alarm in the town of Farmville, as Centra Southside Community Hospital prepares to close its labor and delivery unit on ...

On a recent afternoon in Seaside, Oregon, Heather Murdoch-Medema packed up her apartment, categorizing which boxes would go into storage and which she would take with her to her new home in Portland.

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its rates of the operation in healthy first-time mothers. By Sarah Kliff Times ...