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Proposition 1 campaigning in Idaho attracted millions of dollars from supporters and opponents in the lead up to Election Day.

Supporters say doulas could help bridge care gaps. They aren’t medically trained, but they provide emotional support and information before, during and after childbirth.

Big chunks of the federal dollars are going toward improving access to emergency care and keeping labor and delivery units open.

These home visiting programs just saw an influx of federal money that could mean expanding to more families.

Gas station and convenience store sales of semi-synthetic kratom lead to calls for more regulation

Community members are concerned about toxic exposure to creosote, long used as a wood preservative. Residents estimate that around 200,000 ties have been piled up in their neighborhood.

Midwife-run birth centers for low-risk patients are especially popular in some rural Western states.

As health care systems move toward more and more electronic record keeping, the labor it takes to manage that data threatens to cripple rural hospitals, according to industry insiders.

Wyoming is getting $2.4 million from the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, a bump over the previous year.

A bill — known as the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act — was recently introduced in both chambers of Congress, and enjoys bipartisan support.