New research from La Trobe University shows that culturally tailored maternity care is improving outcomes for First Nations families, with more babies born healthy and fewer requiring intensive care. The study was completed in partnership with the Women’s, Mercy Hospital for Women, and Joan Kirner Hospital for Women and Children.

Women will soon have clearer support to navigate menopause. The Women’s is leading new research to create a trusted online tool for those thinking about Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT).

More than 50 maternity educators from across Victoria have come together for a conference that marks the first time the state’s maternity education network has convened to focus on birth trauma.

What started as mild swelling and a headache escalated into a life-threatening case of preeclampsia within hours, leaving Katie critically unwell and her baby born by emergency caesarean.

The 2026 Nursing and Midwifery Awards celebrated and thanked our teams for the immense impact they make in the lives of women and babies.

When Melbourne parents Jess and Simon needed fertility treatment, private IVF felt both emotionally and financially out of reach. Instead, they turned to Public Fertility Care, which helped them conceive their second child.

The Women’s is reaffirming our commitment to increasing access and inclusion for and with people with disability, with the launch of our 2026 Disability Action Plan (DAP).

The Royal Women’s Hospital’s annual International Women’s Day breakfast focused on the next phase of women’s health reform.

Not all scientists begin their careers imagining themselves in the research field. At the Royal Women’s Hospital, many of our most impactful researchers started somewhere else entirely… on the ward, in clinics, listening to patients describe symptoms that didn’t yet have answers.

A million-dollar global research project co-led by Australia and the UK is taking a key step towards closing the gender gap in heart disease.