One of India's highest honours was bestowed upon the Mumbai neonatologist who drastically cut infant mortality. Founder of India's first milk bank, she also put her work in the service of wome ...

Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.

Only a few days into the new year, the Heritage Foundation released its nearly 170-page plan to incentivize higher birth ...

Newborns depend entirely on their mothers for warmth, nourishment, protection, and the emotional and cognitive stimulation essential for healthy development. When deprived of this care, they become ...

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

Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, ...

In 2023, the maternal mortality rate was 18.6 per 100,000 live births. Although the U.S. rate is back to its pre-pandemic levels, the U.S. maternal mortality rate is still three times higher than in ...

The death of a Black midwife following complications from giving birth has renewed difficult questions surrounding inequities in Black maternal health care. Black women are still three times more ...

For every newborn cry in Harris County, a shadow hangs over Black mothers—the terrifying possibility that they might not live to hear it. Here, in the heart of the world's largest medical hub, Black ...

*Dr. Janell Green-Smith spent her career fighting for safe births. A certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and doctor of nursing practice (DNP), she supported families in South Carolina and worked tirelessly ...

News of the untimely death of Dr. Janell Green Smith, less than 72 hours into the new year, has once again thrust the issue of America’s maternal mortality crisis into the spotlight. Dr. Janell Green ...