Between 2003 and 2013, the United States was one of only eight countries that saw an increase in maternal mortality ...

Labor and delivery services have ended or are set to end at 100 rural hospitals since the end of 2020, highlighting a growing maternal health access crisis across the U.S. The findings come from the ...

Last week, Keck Medicine of USC announced the closure of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital obstetric services on Nov. 20. They cited a 40% decline in deliveries over the past decade within “our community” ...

Amid ongoing financial challenges, workforce shortages and declining birth rates, many hospitals and health systems are being forced to close maternity services in 2025. A Center for Healthcare ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Moving labor and delivery services out of Cleveland Clinic Martin North hospital in Stuart to Tradition hospital in Port St. Lucie could have detrimental consequences, according to one ...

Rural hospitals across the country are shuttering their labor and delivery units, leaving rural Americans — including Texans — with less access to necessary medical care. Across the country since 2020 ...

KETSCHKE WMUR NEWS NINE. ROSS. THANK YOU. MORE NEWS FROM THAT MEETING TONIGHT, BY THE WAY. DARTMOUTH HEALTH SAYS IT WILL BE MOVING THE LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES CURRENTLY OFFERED AT CMC TO ELIOT ...

On a recent afternoon in Seaside, Oregon, Heather Murdoch-Medema packed up her apartment, categorizing which boxes would go into storage and which she would take with her to her new home in Portland.

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 ...

Ascension Alexian Brothers Hospital in Elk Grove Village is set to eliminate labor and delivery services, with officials saying it intends to consolidate birthing services and establish a "dedicated ...

Let’s face it: reading medical studies from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is about as thrilling as watching paint dry. So, when The New York Times dropped its bombshell summary that ...

A doctor performs an ultrasound on a pregnant woman. The closing of hospital labor and delivery units is a nationwide trend. (Teresa Crawford / Associated Press) Last week, Keck Medicine of USC ...