It has been more than a year since COVID-19 first swept the nation and the world, causing more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. alone. We’ve learned a lot about the virus, but still have so many questions: how has treatment improved, when can we expect for life to get back to ‘normal’ and what will the future of health care look like in a post-pandemic world?

Newsweek partnered with The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that reports on the safety and quality performance of U.S. health care facilities, to curate the Best Maternity Hospitals list. The facilities on the list encompass Leapfrog’s high standards for safety and quality for providing maternity care.