Tiana Lashae created the “Black Birth Joy” project in 2024 to amplify positive Black maternal health stories through ...

The death of a Black midwife following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities ...

Janell Green Smith was a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina. Less than a week after ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a respected midwife and maternal health expert, tragically died in childbirth at the age of 31, highlighting the issue of America's maternal mortality crisis and the need for ...

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...

A South Carolina midwife who lost her life to a cause she devoted an entire career to is reigniting a national conversation ...

On Friday, Jan. 2, Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina-based midwife, died due to childbirth complications during the ...

The state's latest maternal mortality report, published Monday, Jan. 12, found that American Indian and Black Minnesotans face higher maternal mortality risk compared to the overall state population.

The CDC examined the effects of maternal age on the decline of preterm birth in the United States between 2007 and 2014. Rates of preterm births and births in teenagers have decreased in the United ...

Maternal gut–immune stress shapes fetal brain development differently in males and females, revealing sex-specific pathways ...

Green Smith was known for her Black maternal health advocacy and midwife care as Black women are three times more likely to ...