Staff shortages are putting home births at risk, with exhausted midwives working after being awake for 24 hours, a safety review warns. The national investigation found that staffing gaps, inadequate ...

Kim Montgomery and her husband Josh welcomed their son Shane nearly four months early Courtesy of Kim and Josh Montgomery Kim Montgomery’s son Shane was born at exactly 22 weeks, weighing just 1 lb., ...

Medical teams at Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center saved the lives of two babies over the past two weeks who were born in planned home births and arrived at the hospital in serious condition. In ...

On Aug. 16, 30-year-old Abbey Khopesh gave birth to her second child in her Nebraska home, on a pile of blankets covering the hardwood floor. "It was an intuition thing," Khopesh told USA TODAY. "It ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Was there ever a time when people were not panicking about population? In 1798, the English economist Thomas ...

Birth rates in the United States have been dropping as fewer people have children, which can have a major effect on whether a state's population grows or shrinks. States in America's Rust Belt have ...

President Donald Trump is taking another swing at limiting so-called birth tourism and birthright citizenship, citing a “very unfortunate decision” in the Supreme Court this year that struck down his ...

SAFEGUARDING AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP AND ENDING BIRTH TOURISM: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed two Executive Orders to continue to protect the meaning and value of American citizenship after ...

Whether you are first-born or second-born may be associated with your risk of developing certain diseases, according to a new study published in Nature Health. Previous research has found that younger ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. America marks a historic demographic shift as births to racial and ethnic minority mothers ...

Criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship, some of President Donald Trump’s allies said having that right has opened the doors to “birth tourism.” That’s a reference ...