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 was a midwife and maternal health expert. Still, she couldn't save herself from racial inequities in ...

Between 2022 and 2024, 252 women died during or shortly after pregnancy, with maternal deaths rising by 20%, says MBRRACE-UK.

But Lost Her Own Life *Dr. Janell Green-Smith spent her career fighting for safe births. A certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and doctor of nursing practice (DNP), she supported families in South Carolina ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during ...

A South Carolina midwife who dedicated her life’s work to preventing maternal deaths died from childbirth complications ...

Eskenazi Health has announced two new initiatives aimed at improving maternal health following a year-long effort to assess ...

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 Mississippi State Board of Health met to discuss several topics on Wednesday, including maternal and infant mortality. In ...

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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 ...