There’s a severe shortage of maternity wards across large swaths of the country. Today, more than one-third of U.S. counties ...

Mother after mother came forward at the meeting, sharing stories of the care and support they experienced while at Newport ...

Tonight’s council meeting comes after at least 300 women has their annual OB-GYN appointments at Newport Women’s Health ...

Amid local concerns that cuts will be made to Newport Hospital ’s birthing center, the Newport City Council has scheduled a ...

Standing room only in Newport, and a standing ovation for those and other comments in a notable show of support for keeping ...

"Birthing centers are a wonderful option to consider if you're looking for a minimal-intervention labor and birth experience in a comfortable, homelike environment, but still want to be cared for ...

Birthing centers offer low-risk pregnant people a chance to have their babies in a relaxed setting that is safer than a home birth, advocates say. As of 2020, ...

Telika Howard, a mother of seven, says her best birth experience was in 1999 at a small birthing center with a certified nurse midwife. “I didn’t know how good I had it, ...