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California lawmakers are considering a bill to ease regulations on birth centers at a time when maternity wards are closing in many counties. Assembly Bill 55 would streamline the licensure process, which allows a birth center to accept Medi-Cal, making midwifery care available to low-income families. Sandra Poole, health...

For the first time in seven years, the birth rate in the United States has seen an uptick. And that’s good news… up to a point. According to a new Report from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average...