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A Lander hospital faces a lawsuit alleging staff acted negligently in the birth of a baby who suffered a traumatic brain injury.

A Lander hospital faces a lawsuit alleging staff acted negligently in the birth of a baby who suffered a traumatic brain injury.

LANDER — It took 27 minutes for Alice McKinney’s heart to start beating after she was born blue and lifeless in Lander. Today, she’s 6 years old, but she can’t

New hospital survey results come as 11 of Wyoming’s 23 counties do not have a practicing OB-GYN and three delivery facilities have closed in the last decade. Lawmakers begin to look for solutions.

LANDER — Alice McKinney is 6 years old. But the hallmarks of childhood — a first step, a first word, the first newborn cry swaddled in her mother’s arms —

The suit alleges that medical negligence, failure to act during birth led a child to undergo a traumatic brain injury that will prevent her from ever caring for herself.

LANDER — Alice McKinney is 6 years old. But the hallmarks of childhood — a first step, a first word, the first newborn cry swaddled in her mother’s arms —

Mandi Lew, a third-generation Wyomingite who grew up in Rock Springs, set out to deliver babies in southwestern Wyoming as a profession. Instead, she watched maternal health care options erode

Obstetric services have shrunk elsewhere in Fremont County. Part four in Delivery Desert series highlights how tribal patients have greater options, thanks to clinic efforts.

Hiring incentives, transportation assistance, community doulas among ideas for rebuilding a health care system robust enough to deliver babies, support economic vitality.