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

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez for KFF Health News. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Arizona News Connection reporting ...

The recent death in childbirth of Dr. Janell Green Smith casts a grim light on the deplorable state of mortality among black ...

A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five years. "In 2020, we estimate ...

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

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, ...

Janell Green Smith, DNP, CNM, dedicated her life to making childbirth safer. As a certified nurse-midwife and maternal health advocate in Charleston, South Carolina, she delivered over 200 babies and ...

The United States has had the highest maternal mortality rate among income-comparable countries for years — and this remains the case. While campaigning for president in 2020, Joe Biden said he would ...

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

Minnesota Department of Health data from the last five years shows most maternal deaths in the state are preventable, and ...

In Nigeria, an estimated 75,000 women die every year from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. This translates to ...