Louisiana has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the country — one initiative is trying to reverse course.

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 ...

Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center is planning to transition its designation from an acute care hospital to a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), a move officials said is designed to strengthen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Residents here will get the chance next week to help decide how important local labor and delivery services ...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — When Northfield Hospital renovated its Birth Center in 2020, it increased its capacity to handle as many as 750 births a year. It could reach that number soon. Lisa Bauer, vice ...

Owatonna Hospital is in need of a new labor and delivery services provider amid a nationwide shortage of obstetrics physicians. As of Nov. 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will no longer provide on-call ...

Jen Hamilton hopes that the information "goes far and wide," despite warning that some hospitals might not want her to share it Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...