Visual journalist Crystal Vander Weit and reporter Keith Burbank documented risks facing moms-to-be on the Treasure Coast ...

LEESBURG, Fla. — UF Health Hospital in Leesburg is planning to shut down its labor and delivery unit. The decision comes after the hospital stated its intent to provide more service to the region’s ...

Giving birth is one of life’s most joyful — and unpredictable — events. At Klamath Community College, nursing students are ...

Phytotherapy has been commonly used by pregnant women worldwide (John and Shantakumari 2015; Elkhoudri et al., 2016; El Hajj and Holst, 2020). Many women consider medicinal plants (MPs) to be safer ...

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.

Hospitals don't often let you get much sleep, especially if you've just had a baby. In addition to feedings, there are meal deliveries, lactation consultants, vital sign checks, blood draws and ...

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 ...

Ascension Alexian Brothers will soon close its inpatient obstetrics unit after a state board voted Tuesday to allow the move, despite outcry from nurses and community members. The state Health ...

Recent shifts in immigration flows have lowered the estimates of net international migration into the United States. New data indicate that net migration will be close to half a million people in 2025 ...