Discover why Longyearbyen, a remote town in Norway, doesn’t allow birth or death—and how science and survival shape life in ...

In a state where a lack of access to obstetric services has resulted in over half of the counties being labeled "maternity ...

Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina, chose her career because of ...

Yet, on Jan. 2, she died from childbirth complications. She was only 31 years old. I see her death as a profound failure of ...

Another rural Arkansas labor and delivery unit closed its labor and delivery unit Friday, leaving pregnant South Arkansans ...

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

Another rural Arkansas labor and delivery unit closed its labor and delivery unit Friday, leaving pregnant South Arkansans ...

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

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

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

Midwives in the Upstate are mourning the loss of Dr. Janell Green Smith, a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate for ...