Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina, chose her career because of her concern about Black women’s health. Less than a week after giving birth, ...

A man faces charges after threatening to blow up Franciscan Health if they didn’t say which nurse sent a Black woman in labor ...

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

Having an episiotomy, a surgical cut to the vagina during childbirth, doubles the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in ...

Because the hospital’s maternity ward had recently closed and the delivery was imminent, there was no time to transfer her.

Former Flatiron Health exec Marta Bralic Kerns raised $92 million to expand her virtual care model to women at all stages of ...

The commander in chief and his allies have deemed women the enemy. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump ...

A woman experiencing stomach pain on Christmas ended up giving birth on the holiday, carrying the baby to full term without ...

A South Carolina midwife who lost her life to a cause she devoted an entire career to is reigniting a national conversation on the Black maternal health crisis. Dr. Janell Green Smith advocated for ...

Melanie Smith from Zion, Illinois gave birth to a health baby boy on Christmas Day, despite having no idea she was pregnant.

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

After months of debate over its closure, and a ruling by a state agency in favor of Ascension’s closing it down, the Alexian ...