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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 ...

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 ...

A loss at Cleveland Clinic is putting labor and delivery services in Indian River County at risk. Cleveland Clinic already closed its labor and delivery unit in Martin County in April. The Indian ...

Last week, Keck Medicine of USC announced the closure of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital obstetric services on Nov. 20. They cited a 40% decline in deliveries over the past decade within “our community” ...

NUMBERS START TO DIP AGAIN. ALL IN YOUR FORECAST COMING UP. TIFF COVERING THE TREASURE COAST IN APRIL. WOMEN LOOKING TO GIVE BIRTH AT A MARTIN COUNTY HOSPITAL WILL HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE. THE NEWS ...

Read full article: Maternal deaths are 3 times higher in Black women, doctors say There are very few symptoms of high blood pressure, which is why it’s referred to as the “silent killer,” but there ...

Rep. Susan Johnson (D-Windham) speaks at a rally against the then-proposed closure of the labor and delivery unit at Windham Hospital. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This story is part of CT ...

What to pack in your maternity hospital bag You've spent months preparing for your baby's arrival throughout your pregnancy journey — picking out the best maternity hospital, setting up the ...

A hospital in Hemet will shut down its labor and delivery department in a few weeks, leaving expectant parents in limbo with no other medical services available in the area. As the maternity unit at ...

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