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January 19, 2024 | Caden Pearson

New York Midwife Fined $300,000 for Faking Children’s Vaccine Records

A New York midwife has received an “unprecedented” $300,000 fine for faking the vaccine records of nearly 1,500 school-aged children across the state. A state investigation found that Nassau County midwife Jeanette Breen, who operated Baldwin Midwifery on Long Island, falsified immunization records after giving students homeopathic pellets instead of mandated vaccinations. State officials announced […]

December 21, 2022 | The Associated Press

Israeli Archaeologists Excavating ‘Jesus Midwife’ Tomb

JERUSALEM—An ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’s midwife is being excavated anew by archaeologists in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the antiquities authority said Tuesday. The intricately decorated Jewish burial cave complex dates to around the first century A.D., but it was later associated by local Christians with Salome, the midwife of Jesus in the […]

October 20, 2022 | Jane Werrell

NHS Midwife on Being Forced Into Strike Action

As the NHS faces a shortage of midwives, we’ll be hearing from a midwife about how she’s coping, and why she’s voting to go on strike.

February 3, 2020 | Victor Westerkamp

Midwife Faces 95 Charges for Practicing Without NY State License

A woman arrested last year after State Police say she was illegally working as a midwife has been indicted on more than 90 charges – including criminally negligent homicide.

July 4, 2019 | Wire Service

Baby Death Raises Concern About Unlicensed Midwives

Unlicensed Nebraska ‘midwife’ who illegally ran website advertising home births is charged with killing a baby.

April 1, 2017 | NTD Staff

Burma turns to midwives to lower infant mortality

Burma has one of the highest infant mortality rates in Southeast Asia. The nation, also known as Myanmar, is mostly rural and lacks basic healthcare in most regions. Burma, in conjunction with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has turned to the training young women in the skills of the traditional midwife. There are more than […]

February 8, 2017 | Maqsooda

The couple who felt unspeakable pain at the loss of one of their twins, thought of a compassionate way to help other parents!

This couple bore the pain of losing the just born little baby and then they thought of an innovative and considerate way of conveying the pain of bereaved parents, to others around. This story tells the beautiful way these parents brought about a trend in hospitals to bear this painful message on cribs – a beautiful purple […]

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