NEW ORLEANS — A multifaceted intervention program for health professionals aimed at reducing the rate of cesarean delivery succeeded in doing just that, according to a new multihospital study. "Our ...

Assisting newborns with their breathing and circulation after birth is a specialized skill that you would think first responders would have. But the vast majority of them don’t, and that’s because it ...

A UNICEF and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints collaboration seeks to reduce maternal and infant mortality in the Central Africa Republic through training for neonatal health workers.

One of California’s two programs for training nurse-midwives has stopped admitting students while it revamps its curriculum to offer only doctoral degrees, a move that’s drawn howls of protest from ...