Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Selina Green mourned her sister, Janell Green Smith, at a vigil in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday. (Henry Taylor for NBC News) ...

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 ...

HB 2251 would allow non-nurse midwives to dispense additional medications, including antibiotics and drugs to stop ...

If more pregnant women delivered their babies at midwife-led birth centers, the nation’s C-section rate would go down and cost savings would go up, reversing the current twin trend of rising health ...

A mannequin that simulates childbirth will be used by university students training to become midwives. York St John ...

The tradition of offering tea and toast to new mothers after giving birth in UK hospitals has become something mums look ...

A midwife has shared the reasons behind the tradition of new mums being offered tea and toast after giving birth ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Janell Green Smith had attended hundreds of births as a midwife. Now, it was her turn. As she and her husband prepared to welcome their first child, Green Smith set up a pink and ...

Being given tea and toast in hospital after giving birth has become something mums look forward to, with many describing it as 'the best meal of their life' ...

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will prompt change. CHARLESTON, S.C. — Janell Green Smith had attended hundreds ...