New Mexico has made strides in improving maternal and infant health in recent years. But for many families, another challenge ...

For centuries, pregnancy and childbirth were among the world’s greatest dangers. Over the past 25 years, major advances in healthcare have helped reduce maternal deaths by 40 per cent. But that ...

A 24-year-old woman in remote Bajura gave birth to a baby boy inside a roadside cave after going into active labour while being carried to a health facility, highlighting the continuing challenges of ...

The group says none of the challenges identified by MaineHealth necessarily require eliminating local labor and delivery ...

What begins as a carefully managed labor induction quickly develops into an unexpected medical emergency, forcing the ...

As contractions intensified, Bethany Childs abandoned her original birth plan and begged to be taken to hospital for pain ...

Seven inquiries in a decade have generated 750 recommendations for reform and improvement – and yet there is no sign of their ...

A profitable rural Maine hospital plans to close labor & delivery, furthering a wave of state-wide maternity closures. What ...

A profitable rural Maine hospital plans to close labor & delivery, furthering a wave of state-wide maternity closures. What ...

A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future ...

An Arizona mom says she was sent home from the hospital while in labor, then gave birth in her family's car during a monsoon storm.

A short drive around Damariscotta will reveal quaint bayside views, shops and signs reading “Save Miles Maternity.” The ...