Where do we come from and how did we evolve into the beings and bodies we are today? The new book "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution" argues for a better understanding of our origins with critical...

Gym teacher Hank gives us the full story of the past, present, and future of birth control.

Somaliland, a region of Somalia that lay in ruin from years of war, suffers

some of the world's highest rates of infant and maternal mortality. Bu
t 15
years ago, Edna Adan fulfilled a lifelong dream by building a
nonprofit...

The midwife Xoquauhtli has a difficult choice to make. She owes a debt to her patron Teteoinnan, the female warrior goddess at the center of the Aztec seasonal festival, who must be kept happy or she will bring bad luck. Xoquauhtli...

This animation is part of the TED-Ed series, "There's a Poem for That," which features animated interpretations of poems both old and new that give language to some of life's biggest feelings. [Poem by Brendan Constantine, directed by...

Gym teacher Hank gives us the full story of the past, present, and future of birth control.

Howcast - Learn when to call your doctor or midwife from childbirth expert Elizabeth Mangum-Sarach in this Howcast video. Thumbnail: Revisión by Daquella manera

Howcast - Learn about home birth from pregnancy doula Elizabeth Mangum-Sarach in this Howcast video.. Thumbnail: We are all united by Nina Matthews Photography

Howcast - Labor is probably the most feared of pregnancy’s "unknowns." Here's how to manage it.

A guide to how the mother and baby's bodies change and cope with labour - the most challenging and potentially dangerous phase of pregnancy. Biology - Being Human - Learning Points. In the weeks leading up to birth, the mother's body...

Explore the vital role of a Los Angeles midwife advocating for safer birth options and better care for African American women.<br/>

William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (retired), founder of both the Small Schools Workshop and the Center for Youth and Society, taught courses in...

Written over 25 years, Martha Moore Ballard’s diary gives us a unique perspective into the midwifery profession and the lives of women in 19th century America.

The Struggle to Breathe part 5/8: In this video, we see a group of rural individuals learning how to fight pneumonia through a course. They venture out into the community to find their first case with the help of their mentor and put...

Men can suffer from postpartum depression along with new mothers, according to the American Psychological Association. Psychologists are calling for screening of new dads the same way many women are screened — but experts say fathers...

A midwife in Punjab state challenges the tradition of aborting girl babies despite resistance from her local community.

Ancestral Hands Midwives is a new facility in Scarborough that offers prenatal and postpartum midwifery care for Black families. CBC’s Shannon Martin spoke to the team behind the organization to learn more about how they’re striving for...

After decades of work, two midwives started working for Health PEI at the end of January. Islanders who fought to get midwifery services on P.E.I. celebrated their accomplishments this weekend.

It's been open for more than a decade but Winnipeg's multimillion-dollar birthing centre has not been able to reach anywhere close to its intended target levels.

Thousands of expectant mothers are joining a growing waitlist for midwifery care in Alberta. Midwives say there are not enough of them in the province to keep up with the demand for their services and they are worried that changes in...

With Indigenous parents in Canada facing infant mortality rates more than twice those of non-Indigenous populations, leaders of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba have brought in services, like doulas, to offer support.

Through her company Baby Yams, the Grammy Award winner and "Abbott Elementary" actor is funding midwives' education. (Scripps News)

Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have arrived at a Labour Party rally in Worcester.



Mr Streeting told party members the “road to change, to a new Labour government, runs through right here in...

Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have arrived at a Labour Party rally in Worcester.



Mr Streeting told party members the “road to change, to a new Labour government, runs through right here in...