The amount of infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome in rural areas is on the rise, according to research from Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota. 1. For the study, researchers examined ...

Over 500 hospitals have dropped labor and delivery services in the last decade, many of them in rural areas.

At a hospital in Kansas City, a group of labor and delivery nurses are exchanging job leads in a group chat, unsure whether to feel grateful or devastated. Their unit—once a lifeline for emergency ...

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Glyphosate, a widely used herbicide in U.S. farming, might be linked to low birth weights and pre-term births among babies born in rural communities, a new study has found. Environmental economists ...