What should expecting moms prioritize when preparing a hospital bag for labor and delivery? That question is the focus of ...

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 ...

Bar Harbor, Maine-based Mount Desert Island Hospital will close its labor and delivery unit July 1 due to a “dramatic decline in births.” The hospital saw only 33 babies born in 2024 and nine to date ...

A mother prepares her infant son for bed. Since 2020, 36 states have lost at least one rural labor and delivery department. In rural counties, the loss of hospital-based obstetric care is associated ...

SEASIDE — Providence Seaside Hospital closed the door on its inpatient obstetric and newborn care services for a final time on Saturday, Oct. 4, citing declining birth volumes, staffing shortages and ...

Citing declining birth rates, Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor said this week it would close its labor and delivery unit, effective July 1. “This is deeply personal for me — I gave birth to ...

Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor announced Thursday that it will close its labor and delivery unit on July 1, citing a decline in births. The decision comes after a comprehensive review of ...

Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.

Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center in Houma, La., has closed its labor and delivery department, including its neonatal care unit, due to budget constraints, according to a Houma Today report. The ...

This article was originally published in Stateline. Nine months after Monroe County Hospital in rural South Alabama closed its labor and delivery department in October 2023, Grove Hill Memorial ...

Another Maine hospital is closing its labor and delivery unit and services. MDI Hospital announced Thursday it will close its unit, effective July 1, due to a "dramatic" decline in births. Sign up for ...