Labor and delivery services have ended or are set to end at 100 rural hospitals since the end of 2020, highlighting a growing maternal health access crisis across the U.S. The findings come from the ...

Amid ongoing financial challenges, workforce shortages and declining birth rates, many hospitals and health systems are being forced to close maternity services in 2025. A Center for Healthcare ...

More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the total number of closures since the end of 2020 to 116, according to the ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Residents here will get the chance next week to help decide how important local labor and delivery services are to them. The Indian River Hospital District is holding town halls ...

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 ...

Keystone Health will stop providing labor and delivery services at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital starting July 1, 2026. This change will affect approximately 700 patients annually, who will now ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery the ...