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Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnancy. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2026

Babies delivered at rural hospitals can receive specialized neonatal care through a unique telehealth program

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A newborn baby's care team can get live, immediate help from a neonatologist with TeleICN. (Dartmouth photo) A pregnancy delivery in a r...
Friday, March 20, 2026

After 30 years, this rural hospital reopened its maternity unit

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Dana Iglesias, medical director of the UNC Health Chatham Maternity Care Center, left , and Beverly Carpenter, the unit's manager, sta...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Mobile health clinics are combating maternity care deserts in Florida

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An OB/GYN mobile outreach clinic directed by researchers Adetola F. Louis-Jacques, Arielle Ayotte, and Michelle Nall at the University of Fl...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Rural women in Colorado with 'high-risk' pregnancies often travel long distances or take helicopters for care

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Women in rural Colorado who encounter pregnancy complications often face long drives for care, with some having to take helicopters to reach...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

A simpler assessment tool for newborns exposed to opioids means more mom time and fewer medications

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Cailyn Morreale continued using buprenorphine during her pregnancy. Once her baby was born, the two were never separated. (Photo by Taylor ...
Friday, August 09, 2024

For the first time in decades, the EPA issued an emergency action to move weedkiller off the market

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Farm workers can be unaware of Dactha's use on fields. (Adobe Stock photo) The popular weedkiller, Dactha, has been removed from U.S. sa...
Friday, July 26, 2024

Oregon is using visiting nurses to help curb infant and new mother mortality rates; visits may have other benefits

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Why babies do what they do is often a mystery. (Photo by Chris Anderson, Unsplash) Some of the most complicated human beings to deal with ar...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Closing rural labor and delivery units poses problems for women, babies and rural population growth

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Addie Comegys travels 45 minutes for her prenatal visits.  (Photo by Tony Leys, KFF Health News) As rural women have fewer bab...
Friday, March 01, 2024

Prenatal drug exposure is found in thousands of babies each year; rural babies are more likely to have problems

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More research is needed on prenatal drug exposure. (Photo by Jill Sauve, Unsplash) Amid rural hospitals and clinics ending prenatal care and...
Friday, January 26, 2024

Without help, the rural maternal care crisis will only get worse, and 'more women and babies will die unnecessarily'

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Over the past decade, many rural hospitals have struggled to stay afloat, but even among the surviving hospitals, labor and delivery service...
Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Nutrition programs expanded for women and children during pandemic due to easier access; but changes are temporary

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Money for fruits and vegetables is part of the WIC program. (Photo by Rusty Watson, Unsplash) Pandemic changes allowed more mothers to acces...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Better known as Roundup, glyphosate is found in pregnant women who live near farms, study finds

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Herbicide drift is one possible explanation for the study's findings. (Photo by Eric Brehm, Unsplash) Considered the world's most co...
Friday, December 01, 2023

Expectant moms face OB-GYN deserts; one state is an example of the national problem

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A mother holds a newborn baby. (Photo by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile) Wyoming is one of many states where women and families are finding obste...
Friday, November 03, 2023

'Too many babies are dying in the United States'; infant mortality rates rise for the first time in 20 years

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The U.S. infant mortality rate is twice that of other developed countries. (Photo by Jill Sauve, Unsplash) Over the past two decades, Americ...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

New study reviews eight centers that are working to improve rural postpartum care through innovation and collaboration

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A new case study highlights eight community-focused postpartum care centers working to address the unique challenges of postpartum health fo...
Tuesday, October 03, 2023

Health investigation finds startling gap in funding to prevent maternal deaths, new grant award aims for change

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USA Facts map, from CDC data National maternal mortality rates have been on a steady incline, with far more minority women dying  while preg...
Thursday, August 10, 2023

Rural help for expecting and postpartum moms is coming from someone new with a 'baby phone'

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Paramedic Darren Forman sees a Project Swaddle patient in her home. (Photo via RHI Hub) Rural women, infants and toddlers often need special...
Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Opinion: The loss of rural labor and delivery departments means lower-quality health care for mothers and babies

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Photo by Jill Sauve, Unsplash When fewer than half of rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, what does that mean for rural pregn...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Deliveries in rural hospitals with lower numbers of birth have poorer outcomes; 'tailored' support needed, study says

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In an obstetric suite ( MedPage Today photo) Rural hospitals that have lower numbers of births had "a higher risk for severe maternal m...
Thursday, May 04, 2023

When rural hospitals stop delivering babies, fewer expectant mothers receive prenatal care, Iowa study finds

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University of Missouri Health Care photo When rural counties lose their last labor-and-delivery unit, fewer expectant mothers in those count...