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

A South Carolina midwife who dedicated her life’s work to preventing maternal deaths died from childbirth complications ...

Over the last two decades, U.S. neonatal mortality has generally declined, though not all leading causes of death followed this trend. There were 283,696 neonatal deaths from perinatal complications, ...

Older mothers are more likely to give birth prematurely or suffer complications, warns new research. Giving birth to a child after the age of 40 is becoming more common, but it can entail an increased ...

Doula-assisted childbirths have been associated with better health outcomes, including fewer complications for mothers and their newborns. With the goal of improving health outcomes, Michigan has made ...

Social and cultural factors that can affect maternal health outcomes include education, ethnicity, income, harmful gender stereotypes etc [Freepik] As the world marks World Health Day by looking at ...

Being pregnant with twins can be exciting for many women, but the risks associated with multiple pregnancies can be frightening, particularly in Nigeria, where the healthcare system remains fragile, ...