HealthDay News — Continuous, community-based care from midwives reduces the risk for preterm birth among women at social risk, according to a study published online Jan. 20 in BJOG: An International ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. has four midwives for every 1,000 live births vs. 30 to 70 midwives in other high-income countries.

Just as I sat down to write this, a woman died during childbirth at a hospital in Los Angeles The city where I also live and gave birth nine months ago. Her name was April Valentine. She was a Black ...

Home births in Oregon surged in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic — but insurance coverage for midwifery care is rare. When Mariana Warnock started having consistent contractions in her ninth month of ...

Data shows 80% of maternal deaths are preventable. Ashley Watts is getting ready to become a first-time mom. "This pregnancy ride has been very fulfilling," Watts, 32, told ABC News. For Watts, this ...

Rutgers School of Nursing and Axia Women’s Health, announce a strategic partnership that will enhance clinical rotation ...

Women who receive continuous care from community-based midwives have a significantly reduced risk of preterm birth in ...

Midwives provide safe primary care for pregnant women who are at various levels of medical risk in British Columbia, Canada, new data suggest. In most cases, for midwifery clients, birth outcomes were ...

May 5 is International Day of the Midwife, a day to recognize and raise awareness about the midwifery profession. There is a growing demand for midwives in Virginia and across the United States. The ...

Cleveland-based MetroHealth is integrating midwifery into its women’s healthcare services to support maternal care outcomes and reduce disparities, leaders said July 22. Starting this month, a team of ...