“How we welcome our babies into the world matters.” That’s the message Midwife Eileen Stewart wants to communicate. She has dedicated her life to providing health care options that increase women’s ...

Our country is experiencing a maternal mortality crisis. Too many women, particularly Black and Hispanic women, are at risk of dying due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. And with women’s ...

Cuyahoga County is considering loaning $2 million to complete a birthing center in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood, aimed at reducing infant mortality rates.

Gavin Fraser is a graduate research assistant at Boston University School of Social Work. I dreamed of having children from a young age — so much so that I assumed I had to be a cisgender woman.

Birthing and peanut exercise balls are two non-pharmacologic interventions that are frequently used during labor. Although midwives and nurses have been using birthing and peanut balls during labor ...

To protect newborns from the recent spike in influenza and other respiratory viruses, Adirondack Health is restricting visitors to the Stafford New Life birthing center. Babies are among the highest ...

In newly-released findings, an Australian coroner determined that the 2022 death of "Baby E" was preventable Getty In December 2022, a newborn died after her mom gave birth in a birthing pool without ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' only Black-owned birthing center, the Chicago South Side Birthing Center, is set to open in 2025. The center is meant to be a home for the community, with exam rooms, ...

An online debate sparked by Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Cori Bush calling women "birthing people" has raged on into Mother's Day weekend. On Thursday, Bush drew praise and criticism after she ...