Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery the ...

Labor and delivery services have ended or are set to end at 100 rural hospitals since the end of 2020, highlighting a growing maternal health access crisis across the U.S. The findings come from the ...

One labor and delivery nurse is sharing information that she says could help women ensure they're receiving proper care when giving birth at a hospital. Jen Hamilton, a mom of two and author of “Birth ...

KSHB 41 reporter Elyse Schoenig covers the cities of Shawnee and Mission. She also focuses on issues surrounding the cost of health care, saving for retirement and personal debt. Share your story idea ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since the end of 2020, 124 rural hospitals have closed their maternity units or shared plans to close them before 2026 is over, representing a 12% reduction in rural labor and delivery services, ...

More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the total number of closures since the end of 2020 to 116, according to the ...

Read full article: Maternal deaths are 3 times higher in Black women, doctors say There are very few symptoms of high blood pressure, which is why it’s referred to as the “silent killer,” but there ...

The number of U.S. women who died the year following a pregnancy more than doubled between 1999 and 2019. One labor and delivery nurse is sharing information that may help keep birthing mothers safe. ...