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 ...

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 ...

Recently, two videos went viral on social media showing Black women in labor pleading for help as medical staff appeared to ignore their pain. In one clip, a woman sits in a wheelchair, visibly in ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: On Thursdays, we feature the work of our regional reporters. We have them open their notebooks to talk in a bit more detail about a story they ...

A certified nurse-midwife at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, examines a patient during labor. (John Ciccarelli/Landstuhl Regional Medical Center) The largest U.S. Department of Defense ...