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 ...

What Do Labor and Delivery Nurses Do? Labor and delivery nurses have a wide range of responsibilities. They typically care for multiple pregnant, laboring, or postpartum patients at one time. Labor ...

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 ...

Rep. Susan Johnson (D-Windham) speaks at a rally against the then-proposed closure of the labor and delivery unit at Windham Hospital. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story is part of CT ...

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 ...

The number of U.S. women who died the year following a pregnancy more than doubled between 1999 and 2019. One labor and delivery nurse is sharing information that may help keep birthing mothers safe. ...

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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 ...

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.

WRITE REPORTS AND OVERSEE SECURITY. WELL, BIG CHANGES FOR SOON TO BE MOMS ON THE TREASURE COAST. THE ONLY LABOR AND DELIVERY UNIT IN MARTIN COUNTY IS ENDING OPERATIONS. CALEB CALIFANO IS AT THE ...

The hospital in Newton will halt labor and delivery care later this year. MercyOne Newton Medical Center will pause birthing services indefinitely after Oct. 15, hospital officials announced Friday.