Midwives in the Upstate are mourning the loss of Dr. Janell Green Smith, a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate for maternal health.According to the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Dr. Smith ...

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Africa is home to a diverse array of fascinating lifeforms, including hyenas and wild dogs. Many people confuse the wild dog with a hyena, but the two predators are very different in terms of their ...

My daughter arrived on August 5, 2025, after a whirlwind and terrifying birth experience: 35 hours of labor, preeclampsia, hypertension, sepsis and ultimately an emergency cesarean section. Those ...

The American College of Nurse-Midwives called Dr. Janell Green Smith's death "heartbreaking and unacceptable" Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her ...

Only in her 30s, Green Smith was known as the “Loc’d” Midwife,” working with the nonprofit organization and app, Hive Impact Fund, serving as a robust resource during Black Maternal Health Week. The ...

Nia Trent-Wilson owes $182,889.63 in medical bills for a baby that wasn’t hers. In late 2021, she agreed to act as a surrogate through an agency that paired her with a gay couple from Washington, D.C.

A joyful surprise unfolded in Los Angeles when a baby boy was born under circumstances so rare that even veteran physicians ...

The FDA has approved narsoplimab (Yartemlea) as the first treatment for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA) in adults and kids ages 2 years and up, ...

SAGINAW, MI — The healing power of a warm embrace works both ways for Jenean Provenzano and Katie Engelhardt, a mother-daughter duo who are among volunteers providing 24-hour care to some of the most ...