"That a Black midwife and maternal health expert died after giving birth in the United States is both heartbreaking and ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, has died due to complications during ...

Green Smith was known for her Black maternal health advocacy and midwife care as Black women are three times more likely to ...

The American College of Nurse-Midwives mourns the devastating death of Dr. Janell Green Smith, CNM, who died from ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse-midwife and Doctor of Nursing Practice, passed away on Friday, January 2, 2026. She ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith was a midwife and maternal health expert. Still, she couldn't save herself from racial inequities in ...

Smith, a Black midwife, died after childbirth. Her death renews urgent calls to end the Black maternal mortality crisis.

Her husband, Nathan Warnecke announced the news on her Instagram page, saying she died following an "extremely rare complication" after giving birth to their son at home "Hospital staff were amazing ...

When Shahnaz went into labour, her husband Abdul called a taxi to take them to the only medical facility accessible to them. "She was in a lot pain," he says. A 20-minute drive away, the clinic was in ...

A breakthrough to stop life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was only just starting to reach the mothers most at risk when ...