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 ...

The maternal mortality rate among Black women in the U.S. is significantly higher than the overall rate, highlighting the impact of systemic racism and maternal care deserts.

Dr. Janell Green Smith was a certified nurse-midwife and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) who dedicated her career to ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith advocated for Black people giving birth and just days into the new year, she died while giving birth ...

But Lost Her Own Life *Dr. Janell Green-Smith spent her career fighting for safe births. A certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and ...

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

Maternal and infant mortality rates in Missouri are among the worst in the country, a fact several state legislators hope to ...

North Carolina’s maternal mortality rate saw a 100% increase from 2019 to 2021 during the peak of the pandemic, data shows. AsiaVision Getty Images In a country that has one of the worst maternal ...

Kansas has slightly improved in a national scorecard of maternal and infant health but there are still places to to better, especially when it comes to the health of women and babies of color. Every ...

Gov. Phil Murphy said the new laws are part of an effort to make New Jersey “the best state in the nation to deliver and ...

Illinois’ fourth report on maternal mortality trends identified an increase and found that 91% of all pregnancy-related ...