Three Alabama hospitals will stop delivering babies, leaving two counties without birthing hospitals and a predominantly Black area of Birmingham without a maternity unit.

Alabama has one of the country's highest maternal mortality rates. The closing of three maternity units will make women travel further for care.

Health watchdogs have ordered an improvement in maternity services at a Birmingham hospital following an inspection. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors said the service at City Hospital had ...

More than a quarter of births recorded at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital in March were emergency C-sections, new figures show.