A Dolton woman who was discharged while in labor at Franciscan Health Crown Point is receiving care for post-birth issues, a ...

Mercedes Wells is back in the hospital, less than a week after being forced to give birth to her baby girl in her husband's ...

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its ...

Dangerous complications from labor and delivery nearly doubled in Massachusetts between 2011 and 2020, according to a new report, part of an increasingly dire national picture of maternal health as ...

Birth injuries were once a common problem that affected countless babies. As medical techniques and technology improved, they gradually became less common. Still, they’re not unheard of even today.

Exposure to extremely high temperatures for prolonged periods of time during pregnancy can lead to an increased risk of complications during childbirth, a recent study has found. Severe maternal ...

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 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. hospitals could save upwards of 20 percent in costs for complicated childbirths, according to a nationally representative analysis by Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) ...

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 C | ...