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Freestanding birth centers are closing as maternity care gaps grow

Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama's first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, ...

Soldier home for wife’s delivery dies in accident hours before daughter’s birth in Satara

Kolhapur: An Indian Army soldier, Havildar Pramod Jadhav, died in a road accident in Satara city on Friday night, hours ...

'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 ...

Centralizing Norwegian hospitals has reduced birth mortality, finds study

One million births in Norway over 17 years have a story to tell: Maternity wards with greater numbers of births have safer ...
The State Journal-Register

Springfield Memorial earns top award for maternity care

Springfield Memorial Hospital’s Family Maternity Suites has received the 2025 Illinois Birthing Hospital Quality Excellence ...
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Rare birth of critically endangered baby orangutan amazes conservation team at Memphis Zoo

The Memphis Zoo announced the birth of a baby girl orangutan to mother Jahe earlier in December, with support from the zoo's ...
The Gazette

How University of Iowa dropouts built a global ag tech company

SwineTech co-founder Matthew Rooda recalls how he blended animal agriculture and health care technology to reduce piglet ...

She Was a Black Midwife. What Happened to Her Might Shock You. Not Me.

Dr. Janell Green Smith was a midwife and a doctor of nursing practice. She advocated for Black maternal health. She believed ...

When Expertise Isn’t Enough: What Dr. Janell Green Smith’s Death Reveals About a Crisis We’ve Ignored for Too Long

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