Experts provide tips on how to protect yourself during labor and delivery, including asking questions and seeking a second ...

Only 41% of rural hospitals in the U.S. deliver babies, according to a report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and ...

What Do Labor and Delivery Nurses Do? Labor and delivery nurses have a wide range of responsibilities. They typically care for multiple pregnant, laboring, or postpartum patients at one time. Labor ...

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 ...

More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the ...

Caitlin DePasquale of Norwalk watches as midwife Lindsay Lachant measures her abdomen during Depasquale’s appointment at the Connecticut Childbirth & Women’s Center in Danbury. Credit: Melanie Stengel ...

Let’s face it: reading medical studies from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is about as thrilling as watching paint dry. So, when The New York Times dropped its bombshell summary that ...

GALLUP, N.M. – Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital announced it is temporarily closing its Labor and Delivery Unit on Wednesday, Aug. 3. RMCH said the unit will take its last patients on July 31, so ...