As funny as that episode is, what’s not funny is the fact that the struggle is real when it comes to pregnant women in the ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith was a midwife and maternal health expert. Still, she couldn't save herself from racial inequities in ...

After months of debate over its closure, and a ruling by a state agency in favor of Ascension’s closing it down, the Alexian ...

Hospital labor and delivery units are shuttering across the nation — including more than two dozen in 2025 alone.

If you're nervous about childbirth, you're not alone. These tips can help you feel calmer about going into labor.

A recent March of Dimes report finds a decline in those getting early prenatal care. Experts explain why that's an issue and ...

The Free Birth Society advised pregnant women to avoid doctors and midwives, with deadly consequences. The bigger tragedy is the brutal system the women were so desperate to flee.

The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it’s become cliche to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther ...

The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it’s become cliche to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther than even scientists and doctors ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it’s become cliche to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther than even scientists and doctors realized. In a ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell outlined how the central bank is viewing the labor market after it cut interest rates last week for the third straight time, with a fresh jobs report due out on ...

A Philadelphia woman who shot and killed a pregnant woman in a Wawa parking lot last year was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in a state prison. Evelena Williams, 31, of the 2500 block of South 61st ...