The New York Times

These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...
Newsweek

Mom Has C-Section, What She Captures One Week Later Goes Viral: ‘Felt That’

Baby-monitor footage of a new mom springing out of bed in a panic because she thought her baby couldn't breathe has sparked viral discussion on TikTok. Haley Kucera (@itshaleyjace) shared the clip, ...
syracuse.com

Syracuse.com’s high school football rankings (Section III semifinals): Championship games set

Syracuse, N.Y. — It all comes down to this. One week left in the Section III football season. Class AA, A, B, C, D and 8-man will all crown championships inside the ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Section V Class C football semifinals set after a drama-free quarterfinal round

If the Section V football Class C brackets were instead a set of NCAA basketball brackets, it would be labeled boring. There was no madness. There were no upsets or shocking scores. Alexander/Pembroke ...
The New York Times

A Grave Condition Caused by C-Sections Is on the Rise

Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used to be extremely rare. Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in ...
Science Daily

C-section births linked to sleepless nights and painful recoveries

Women who undergo C-sections are more likely to experience debilitating pain and sleep disorders in the months after giving birth. Researchers found both qualitative and large-scale data supporting ...
Newsday

How 3 Long Island hospitals lowered their C-section rates

Although cesarean section rates have been roughly stagnant for years statewide and nationwide, some Long Island hospitals have made dramatic progress in reducing the percentage of low-risk pregnancies ...
Self

Why Do Thousands of Women Feel the Pain of Their C-sections?

Emily had a bad feeling about her Caesarian section before it started. The epidural had numbed her legs, but she could sense the catheter in her bladder, which seemed wrong to her as a labor and ...
New York Post

Planned C-sections can increase your child’s risk of these serious conditions

Today, nearly 1 in 3 births in the United States are performed by cesarean section, and a growing number of those are planned rather than done in response to an emergency. Planned C-sections allow ...
Rolling Out

Natural birth versus C-section and which is actually better

The moment you find out you’re pregnant, the questions start flooding in. One of the biggest decisions you’ll face is how you want to deliver your baby. With C-section rates climbing and natural birth ...
People

Allison Williams Says Giving Birth via Emergency C-Section Was a 'Huge Trauma': 'Profoundly Scary'

Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in theGrio, Shondaland and ESSENCE GU. John Nacion/WWD via Getty Allison ...