While prenatal care often takes center stage, understanding what to expect during labor, delivery and the early days of ...

Mercy Springfield is the first in the city to offer a familiar pain and anxiety treatment for labor and delivery.

Mothers delivering at Mercy Hospital Springfield now have a new option for managing pain during labor: nitrous oxide. Mercy ...

Childbirth is not billed as a pleasurable experience, let alone an orgasmic one, but a new device is looking to change that.

Long, yes, but the economy and the stock market turned out OK after the shutdown seven years ago during the first Trump administration. The last federal shutdown was viewed as a "partial" shutdown ...

In August 2020, I returned home from the hospital, having spent a night in Labor and Delivery. I’d gained 40 pounds, my ...

A water birth is thought to be a gentle welcome to the world for baby, but it's important that you know exactly when it's safe to labor in water and when it isn't.

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking Republicans claim Democrats in Congress forced the shutdown of the federal ...

The fallout from the tariffs and their unpredictability are putting small business owners in a tough spot. Some are ...

President Trump redoubled his threat to use the shutdown to slash the federal bureaucracy as Democrats and Republicans dug in for an extended battle.

Goods and food inflation are driving near-term CPI increases, while services inflation remains subdued, limiting the risk of ...

Forty Acres Fresh Market in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood is an expansion of Liz Abunaw’s community-focused effort to offer ...