The legislation seeks to stop Black women from suffering during and after childbirth and hold hospitals accountable, according to bill language obtained exclusively by NBC News.

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson was released from the hospital Monday, his family announced, after spending nearly a week in the intensive care unit.

An Illinois congresswoman is proposing legislation "to protect all moms" after one of her constituents was discharged from a hospital while in labor.

Hospital patients were given blankets and portable heaters after the heating broke down. Melanie Clark, 35, was admitted to Lincoln County Hospital on 17 November, and said the heating on her ward had not been working since she arrived.

Glenn Medical Center in Willows closed Oct. 21 after losing "Critical Access" status. Many other California hospitals face similar threats.

Nine people who got sick from exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide in a home were taken to the hospital.

A n NHS trust has identified a site on which it hopes to build a new hospital to replace a crumbling facility in Surrey - but says it cannot yet reveal where it is. Two thirds of Frimley Park Hospital was built using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, which is susceptible to structural failure when exposed to moisture.