More women in America die from pregnancy-related complications than in any other developed country in the world, and black women are most affected. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports on one clinic in Memphis, Tennessee, where...

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...

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

One of the Phillipine’s most dangerous and bizarre aswangs, the viscera-sucking, self-segmenting monster hunts at night. A beautiful woman by day, this creature detaches its upper torso and grows wings after sunset. An intestine-dangling...

In this video, UNICEF introduces the UNI Ject Vaccine, a new device designed to combat tetanus in Mali. The vaccine is easy to administer and can withstand high temperatures, making it suitable for areas with limited refrigeration....

This video showcases the important role of community health workers in ensuring the health and wellbeing of newborns in a rural area. Through their dedication and commitment, they provide regular check-ups and vaccinations to babies...

For as long as it's been in existence, the royal world has been special, elevated above the mediocrity of regular life and filled with the pleasures and privileges of divine power and influence. And even though the practical function of...

We all know that washing your hands it's one of the best ways to prevent germs from spreading. But until relatively recently hand washing was something relegated primarily to religious rituals and cultural ceremonies. And the first...

In the 19th century, physicians argued that Victorian hospitals offered modern, scientific care. But in Vienna, one doctor realized physicians were inadvertently ending the lives of their patients. That's because 19th-century medical...

A Maya woman talks about medicine, doctors, midwives and healers; also a look at the illnesses and treatments they used.

Parents who lost their babies in Scotland’s hospitals are demanding a nationwide inquiry into maternity services as they warn of a “toxic culture” that has “shielded and protected” failings in the NHS “for years”.



Parent Julie...

Co-chairman of the Ireland India Council Prashant Shukla and Aparna Shukla, cultural coordinator of the Ireland India Council, speak about postponing Ireland India Day and recent attacks on members of the Indian community in Ireland. At...

About 50 people are waiting for a midwife on P.E.I., not even a year after such services were first regulated in the province. Health P.E.I.'s Melissa Roberts explains what kind of care the program provides and what's being done to...

The two organizers say that they're looking to begin construction of the birthing center in 18 months.

Sonya Rae and Susana Rutherford, members of P.E.I.'s midwifery advocacy group Born, and former MLA Kathleen Casey talk about how it feels to finally have midwives in the province after decades of work.

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.

On Wednesday, the Irish government voted against a motion that called for student nurses and midwives to have their pay reinstated during the COVID-19 pandemic. One student told Euronews that the country's trainee nurses are "exploited".

Worried about going into a hospital or being separated from their partners during the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women across the country look to midwives as an alternative.

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...

indus river program creates baby bundles for new and expecting mothers

The Innu Midwifery Program in Labrador has started up baby bundles for new and expecting mothers. CBC's Heidi Atter has more.

A Brooklyn College professor says Regents exams will be optional by 2030 as New York state moves toward more career-oriented pathways.

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)