NEWPORT – Dozens of parents marched along Broadway on July 24, pushing baby carriages or carrying toddlers with one hand ...

Closing the Birthing Center is more than about budgets. It’s about access, dignity and the kind of community we want to be.

The community is speaking out against a possible plan to close the birthing center at Newport Hospital. Brown University Health is allegedly considering closing the Noreen Drexel Birthing Center for ...

Mother after mother came forward at the meeting, sharing stories of the care and support they experienced while at Newport ...

In Florida, Black women experience disproportionately high rates of maternal and infant mortality — a fact two local ...

Amid local concerns that cuts will be made to Newport Hospital ’s birthing center, the Newport City Council has scheduled a ...

Birthing centers offer low-risk pregnant people a chance to have their babies in a relaxed setting that is safer than a home birth, advocates say. As of 2020, ...

Tonight’s council meeting comes after at least 300 women has their annual OB-GYN appointments at Newport Women’s Health ...

"Birthing centers are a wonderful option to consider if you're looking for a minimal-intervention labor and birth experience in a comfortable, homelike environment, but still want to be cared for ...

The report found that community births — which it defines as births at home or at community birthing centers — increased by 20 percent from 2019 to 2020, with upticks across racial and ethnic ...