Maternity care and care during the perinatal time period (defined as prenatal to two years postpartum) is arguably the most influential part of our health-care system on the health of our population.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While every soon-to-be parent hopes for a smooth, uneventful pregnancy, labor, and delivery, birth trauma and injury can be all too common. The birth process ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) - Colorado's first birthing center has closed, leaving at least 100 families to find last minute care and midwives across the state scrambling to help. "There were always ...

After a long, altered and awkwardly placed legislative session, there is a lot of reason to celebrate the progress that took place at the Colorado Capitol. One of the historic wins is Colorado’s first ...

DENVER (CBS4)- State lawmakers continued discussions on a bill that would make it easier for transgender people to change their birth certificate to match their current gender. Right now in Colorado, ...

DENVER (AP) — Colorado residents now can change their gender identity on their birth certificate. KMGH-TV reports the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Wednesday voted to ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) – An expectant mother’s co-workers at a used-car dealership jumped in to help when she suddenly started labor three weeks early. Jalisha Maxey-Deveraux went into labor in the ...

Teen birth rates have been going down for a while now but in one mountain west state -- Colorado -- they’ve gone down more than the rest of the nation. Could it be related to the national trend of ...

Colorado is second in the nation in the abuse of prescription pain relievers, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA). And now the impact is being felt in ...

A pregnant woman's colleagues have described the moment they helped her give birth at the Colorado car dealership where they work after she went into labor three weeks early. Jalisha Maxey-Deveraux ...