124 rural hospital maternity units have closed or plan to close by 2026, reducing local labor and delivery services and increasing travel times ...

For women having babies in rural New Mexico, the need for midwives is acute — and not just for assisting in bringing newborns into the world.The University of New Mexico College of Nursing is teaching ...

Danita Turner, a nurse at Ward Memorial Hospital, participates in a childbirth training at the hospital in Monahans on Oct. 7, 2025. Like many rural and small hospitals, Ward Memorial does not have a ...

Opinion editor’s note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. More than 8% of Minnesota babies are born to women living ...

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A tub, a home, a bed. A tiny hand held for the first time, soundtracked by the resounding whines of a newborn — a baby’s first battle cry. This space holds a miniature militia: a mother, a father, a ...

It’s the middle of the night, and Autumn Cavender drives down a country road through the pitch-black darkness. It’s a familiar routine for Cavender, who explains that most babies are born between 11 p ...

The American College of Nurse-Midwives sued Mississippi in federal court this week to challenge a state requirement that ...

Mothers in rural Pennsylvania are facing a maternal healthcare crisis, as labor and delivery units across Pennsylvania shutter. Wednesday marks the closure of the labor and delivery ward in Penn ...

EVANSTON — Perhaps some of the pregnant women left bereft by the upcoming end to labor and delivery services at Evanston Regional Hospital will find solace in the fact that Uinta County is blessed ...