Hospitals across the country reported mothers to authorities after they tested positive for medications used routinely in ...

Drug-testing of new mothers is ubiquitous, but protections for false-positive results are not—even when hospital error is to ...

The closure of the birthing center at Mercy West comes less than a year after the birthing center at Fairfield ended its ...

More than half of rural hospitals and more than one-third of urban hospitals did not offer labor and delivery services in 2022.

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.

High Cost of Childbirth and Postpartum Care Causes Biggest Financial Hardship for Lower-Income Families With Commercial Insurance Nov. 6, 2024 — The cost of childbirth and postpartum health care ...

Mercy Health is closing an obstetrics labor and delivery program at a Hamilton County hospital and relocating it. The health ...

Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to ...