A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

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Karina Largo gave birth to her baby under a Christmas tree in the lobby oft Orem Community Hospital a couple of days before ...

Two officers in Stoughton are being praised for helping a mother deliver her baby in a car on the side of the road on ...

It was a Christmas Day that some local police officers will certainly never forget. Stoughton cops helped deliver a baby in a vehicle’s backseat, in what they’re calling a “Christmas Morning Miracle.” ...

A bus driver named Pummy has been celebrated as a hero after she unexpectedly took on the role of a midwife and delivered a ...

President Donald Trump on Friday night celebrated a recent vaccine advisory panel's decision to change guidance for hepatitis B vaccinations, declaring that the move was a "very good decision." The ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Friday voted to stop recommending infants receive the hepatitis B shot at birth, pushing it until a ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Friday voted to stop recommending infants receive the hepatitis B shot at birth, pushing it until a ...