The Film Federation of India has selected Kiran Rao’s "Laapataa Ladies" ("Lost Ladies") as the official submission to the ...

1 2 In 1789 and 1792 Aberdeen experienced serious epidemics of puerperal fever. Gordon himself cared for 77 such patients, 25 of whom died, usually around the 5th day. Following this experience he ...

Lajos Koltai's period drama tells the story of Hungarian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, an early pioneer of antiseptic ...

Miranda Black has been awarded the September DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurse. Black was nominated by Grace Cameron for ...

Today neurosurgeon Dr Henry Marsh chooses “the saviour of mothers” Dr Ignaz Semmelweis The Hungarian doctor discovered the link between childbirth and puerperal fever in 19th century Vienna ...

By applying the principles of resolve in our own lives, we can overcome obstacles, achieve our goals and make a positive ...

COVID-19 temporarily reversed South Africa's hard-won reduction in maternal mortality, but the death rate has now stabilised, and hopes are high that the downward trend will resume. However, if ...

who delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis whilst looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital. Semmelweis’ boss ...

Women with disabilities have a significantly higher risk of SMM during delivery compared with those without disabilities ...

The Western Australian preterm birth prevention initiative: a whole of state singleton pregnancy cohort study showing the need to embrace alternative models of care for Aboriginal women.