TORONTO (Canadian Press) -- Pregnant women in Ontario who received a flu shot during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic were less likely to give birth to a very preterm baby or to lose their baby shortly after birth, a new study shows.

NEW YORK (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth complications has almost been reduced by half, the UN Population Fund said Wednesday.

(USA TODAY) -- Despite a breast-feeding brouhaha kicked off last week by a Time magazine cover photo of a mom nursing her 3-year-old son, that's actually the norm worldwide, experts say. But in the United States, breast-feeding children that old is practiced among a tiny sliver of mothers.

BANGKOK (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) -- Economic development and aggressive marketing of infant formula has led to a dramatic decline in breastfeeding in East Asia, threatening the cognitive development of children in the region, UNICEF has warned.

MILWAUKEE (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) -- Even though hospitals in the United States excel at saving premature infants, the nation fares as poorly as developing countries in the percentage of mothers who give birth before their child is due, according to the first country-by-country comparison of preterm births.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 15 million premature babies are born every year -- more than 1 in 10 of the world's births and a bigger problem than previously believed, according to the first country-by-country estimates of this obstetric epidemic.

MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) -- Midwives and doctors are longtime rivals in the politics governing where women should give birth: Home or hospital.