Cosmo joined feminist activists Gloria Steinem and Synclaire Warren for a discussion about one of health care’s most ...

Racial disparities in maternal care have been an issue for decades—and for decades, many politicians were content with ignoring the issue or made decisions that actively exacerbated inequality. But in ...

Betsy, Lucy, and Anarcha, the Mothers of Gynecology, were three enslaved girls who sacrificed for the advancement of maternal health.

(CNN) — When Janell Green Smith first announced her pregnancy this past summer, her family was ecstatic. After participating in more than 300 births as a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing ...

Southeast’s Premier Maternal Health Community Event Returns April 11, 2026 This is about celebrating Black birthing ...

Two pregnant Black women nearly 1,000 miles apart were ready to do what many do every day: welcome new bundles of joy, and just before the start of the holiday season. Instead, the health of both ...

CHARLESTON , S.C. (WCIV) — Local leaders and families gathered in West Ashley Tuesday to honor Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife who died of complications from childbirth after ...

The American College of Nurse-Midwives called Dr. Green Smith’s death a “profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing people.” Dr. Janell Green Smith, CNM, a South Carolina midwife who ...

Storytelling is a valuable tool in public health. Its engage people and has the power to change hearts and minds. That is exactly what the documentary Aftershock does. Aftershock makes real the ...