More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the total number of closures since the end of 2020 to 116, according to the ...

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 ...

Since the end of 2020, 124 rural hospitals have closed their maternity units or shared plans to close them before 2026 is over, representing a 12% reduction in rural labor and delivery services, ...

A loss at Cleveland Clinic is putting labor and delivery services in Indian River County at risk. Cleveland Clinic already closed its labor and delivery unit in Martin County in April. The Indian ...

The sound of newborns crying — along with the chimes of a lullaby announcing their arrival into the world — will ring through the halls of Regional Medical Center starting next week as the East San ...

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. ...