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” ...

A Hamilton County hospital is closing down its obstetrics labor and delivery program due to staffing shortages. Mercy Health-West Hospital has served Greater Cincinnati’s expecting mothers and ...

Labor and delivery units are losing money and struggling to find staff, in rural areas and large cities alike. By Sarah Kliff Sarah Kliff is an investigative health ...

Nicci Bryant, a labor and delivery R.N.C.-O.B., B.S.N., wants moms everywhere to know that they are the real ones in charge. A nurse is there to be a guide, a helper, and an advocate, but remember ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nursing students at Nebraska Methodist College are gaining real world experience in labor and delivery, but it’s not with who you think. The new patients, Noelle and Tory, are ...

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (WGN) — Expectant mothers will soon have fewer options in the northwest suburbs. On Thursday, a hospital in Elk Grove Village announced it will no longer offer labor and ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon legislators have voiced their concerns for the upcoming closure of labor and delivery services at Providence Seaside. In a letter sent to President and CEO Erik Wexler ...

A protest is set for Sept. 17 to rally against Aspirus Health's planned closure of the labor and delivery unit at the Aspirus Ironwood Hospital. The hospital did not accept a $1.2 million grant from ...