Childbirth

A three-part series published in The Lancet, led by clinicians including WHO-affiliated authors, highlights postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) as the leading cause of mater...

An analysis by The Marshall Project of federal child-welfare data (NDACAN and CDC birth counts) covering fiscal years roughly 2018–2024 found that the parents of Bla...

A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (not yet peer-reviewed) analyzed the rollout of the iPhone (2007–2011) using AT&T coverage differences ...

NPR and KFF Health News are soliciting stories and questions from new or prospective parents about the costs of giving birth in the United States for a reporting ser...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Instagram that she gave birth to a baby girl, Viviana, on May 1. Leavitt and her husband, Nicholas Riccio, ...

Beginning in January, new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes developed by the American Medical Association and a committee that included the American...

York St. John University in York, England has added a high-fidelity childbirth simulator called "Mama Anne" to its midwifery training. Developed by Laerdal Medical, ...

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Tyler Shelby recently assisted in delivering a baby boy named Finley on the side of a highway while on routine patrol. Shelby was cal...

Two men — Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison — who were the only infants born at Unity Medical Center in Grafton, North Dakota on Jan. 26, 1988, filed a lawsuit alleging...

In 2020, while about 22 weeks pregnant, Jenney Bitner experienced headaches, nausea, vomiting and unsteadiness. After two urgent-care visits that attributed her symp...

Jonathan Bush, a Republican candidate in the 2026 Maine gubernatorial primary who has sought an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, previously helped sta...

Belgian forward Jérémy Doku announced he would fly to London to be present for the birth of his first child during the 2026 World Cup. French TV commentator France P...