She went into labor on a warm September day earlier this year, and made the trek from her rural village in the small West African country of Gambia to a nearby clinic. The baby was delivered ...

Alvarado, who is a nurse midwife, will take her childbirth training to any rural hospital that’s open to it or that reaches out to her. But she’s especially focused on hospitals like Ward Memorial, ...

THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SERGEANT WHO HELPED A MOTHER DELIVER HER NEW BABY, SERGEANT HEATHER BONNET WAS WORKING AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT ON HIGHWAY 99 IN STOCKTON. SHE USED HER CHP MEDICAL TRAINING AND ...