'Her worst fear has come to pass': Midwife who advocated for Black women dies after giving birth

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

Mum hails cord blood donation after life-saving transplant

A mother who donated umbilical cord blood after giving birth has described how her own daughter's life was saved by a similar ...

Family reacts to death of Dr. Janell Green Smith, a Black midwife who died after childbirth

Dr. Janell Green Smith’s life was dedicated to finding solutions to the crisis of Black women dying in childbirth. That was until she herself died just days after giving birth to her daughter. One of ...

A midwife’s death days after childbirth complications reignites the conversation around Black maternal health

Janell Green Smith was a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice in South Carolina. Less than a week after ...