PERFECTLY preserved and completely encircled by stone ramparts, Avila feels like a city carved from honey-coloured rock and ...

Discover the charm of Bruges, Belgium as you wander through its remarkably preserved medieval center. The cobbled lanes and ...

Daily life in the Middle Ages was shaped by deep religious faith and widespread superstition. From unconventional ...

December sparkles on Skiathos, impressive yet cozy. Pine forests, soft sand, and warm tavernas capture the optimistic, open-hearted spirit, bringing light, movement, and a sense of awe. Either an ...

This spectacular work of medieval art imagines Christ's side as a vulva—and is now on view at the Met Cloisters, ...

A recent study has found gut bacteria resistant to common antibiotics (ampicillin and ceftriaxone) in a sizable percentage of healthy birthing moms and their newborns. In this study, 38% of bacterial ...

Last week, the North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) approved a $250,000 Business Attraction Grant to support the creation of a community-centered maternal health and wellness facility, ...

The female pelvis may become too narrow for vaginal childbirth, meaning that caesareans could become the only option for delivering babies. At least, that’s the claim made by a research team last year ...

Before Ivey Cross was ever expecting, she was glued to TikTok videos of women describing their experiences of giving birth at home. Twenty-five weeks into her own pregnancy, she decided to do so ...

When Bryn Mawr's LifeCycle Wellness, one of the oldest birth centers in the country, announced it was shutting down this March after 47 years of offering midwife services, a group of state lawmakers ...

Women may hold up half the sky, as Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong once famously declared, but these days they must do so while also holding a baby — or preferably three — in their arms at ...