New laws and initiatives aim to tackle Arkansas’ maternal health crisis, with advocates pushing for fast implementation and ...

Dr. Shazia Khpalwak visits remote areas of Pakistan's Balochistan Province to provide care for mothers and newborns. Her work touches many lives, but factors like water shortages and poor nutrition ...

Yonder examined how increasingly frequent and intense weather disasters impact pregnant people, mothers, and young families ...

Illinois lawmakers passed two bills this week that aim to support mothers in the state. One bill requires employers to give ...

In the U.S., 57% of rural hospitals do not provide labor and delivery services, according to a November report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. Closing OB-GYN programs leaves ...

Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase.

Illinois lawmakers have passed two bills this week that aim to support mothers in the state.

As the country grapples with a health care workforce shortage, health care facilities across Iowa, especially in rural areas, ...

Access to ambulances is severely limited in parts of Ghana, something that can be especially hazardous for pregnant women ...

As Gov. Kim Reynolds signs her rural health care bill into law, she said it "tackles some of the most critical health care ...

In Florida, 91% of rural hospitals do not have OB-GYN services, the highest percentage in the country. Over the past two years, more than 50 rural hospitals have ended their labor and delivery ...

The Mississippi State Department of Health is spearheading the effort to create a new OB (Obstetrics) System of Care that ...