When contractions started in the middle of an ordinary day in Wisconsin, a math teacher expecting a routine hospital delivery ...

Arkansas' unemployment rate rose to 4.1% in November, up from 3.9% in September, the Arkansas Department of Commerce reported ...

Current labor market deterioration—across U-3, U-5, and U-6 rates—is historically unique and may signal deeper economic risks ...

Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...

Not all early contractions mean labor. Learn what preterm labor looks like, and when to call your provider to keep you and ...

The early stages of labor can be filled with a range of emotions for expecting mothers including pain and uncertainty. Preparing yourself for the unexpected — to the best of your ability — and ...

With the help of staff, Latroy Parker and Jasmine Smith said their "I dos" on Oct. 15 outside of a hospital in Greensboro, N.C. Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The Institute for Supply Management's monthly manufacturing index came in at 48.7% for the month of August. That's a tad higher than the 48.0% reading from the previous month, but any number below 50% ...

CHICAGO -- While Commissioner Bud Selig insists that efforts to eliminate the Montreal Expos and another franchise are more than a ploy, contraction could wind up as a bargaining chip in the ongoing ...

If labor doesn’t start on its own, doctors and midwives can use different techniques to get it started so you can give birth. This is called inducing labor, and there are different reasons for doing ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Local news co-anchor Olivia Jaquith went ahead with a three-hour morning newscast even after her labor contractions began and her water broke, keeping viewers updated about the coming ...