Rural hospitals across the United ... She managed to keep the unit open because she feared adding to the maternity health-care deserts in a state that far outpaces the nation in rising rates ...

Katy Kozhimannil, a University of Minnesota health policy professor who studies rural issues, said declining birth numbers and obstetric unit closures can create a vicious cycle. Fewer babies ...

Rural hospitals are placing their bids for maternal health grants that some rural obstetric providers have been able to parlay into permanent funding. The rural maternity program known as RMOMS ...

Across the state, well over half of rural hospitals do not deliver babies. State organizations are sounding the alarm. The Rural Texas Maternal Health Assembly ... and delivery unit may be an ...

Labor and delivery units are losing money and struggling to find staff, in rural areas and large cities alike. By Sarah Kliff Sarah Kliff is an investigative health care reporter. She welcomes ...