According to the zoo, it has been almost 13 years since a gorilla was born at the facility, and this is Asha’s third baby and Goma’s first. The sex and weight of the baby have not yet been determined, ...

In Florida, Black women experience disproportionately high rates of maternal and infant mortality — a fact two local ...

A new Connecticut law requires the state to develop a strategic plan to increase the number of birth centers and birthing ...

Could the United States, which has a maternal mortality rate much higher than other wealthy nations, benefit from MHI’s ...

When she arrived in 2006, up to 30 women might deliver babies daily in a worn-torn hospital with a single midwife.​​ Now, MHI ...

Long before sunrise and well past midnight, the Family Birth Center at St. Michael Medical Center has been a quiet constant ...

Here's what will happen during a vaginal delivery – including what it's really like from early labor to recovery.

In a city that needs it, the state is delivering what some call a beacon of hope… As officials break ground on a new maternal ...

The Miracle of Birth Center is celebrating 14 years at the fair. Visitors can see live births of piglets, chicks, as well as ...

As Newport Hospital mulls over cost-cutting measures to keep it afloat, one Rhode Island representative has written Brown University Health to push back on one proposal.

North Alabama Medical Center expands labor options with a $3,000 donation from Safer Birth in Bama. FLORENCE, Ala. — North ...

There’s a severe shortage of maternity wards across large swaths of the country. Today, more than one-third of U.S. counties lack a single hospital maternity unit or obstetric provider. Not ...