A 6-year-old boy, left by his mother to roam a French children’s hospital, grabbed and dropped a premature baby girl, killing ...

Brain death is a medical diagnosis and a legal declaration of death, said study author Dr. David Greer, professor and chair of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine.

Adriana Smith was declared brain-dead in February. Her family was required to keep her on life support until her baby could ...

Courtesy McGovern Institute for Brain Research/MIT. For a parent, the diaper has a short life and a simple mission. Once removed from the baby’s bottom and disposed of in the diaper pail, the ...

News outlets have been reporting the story of Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old pregnant woman diagnosed as brain dead in February 2025 when she was nine weeks pregnant. According to reports, Smith had ...

The family of a 30-year-old metro Atlanta mom and nurse said she was declared brain dead more than 90 days ago — but is still being kept alive because she’s pregnant. Skip Navigation.

Brain-dead pregnant woman’s case spurs questions about medical consent. Adriana Smith’s family says doctors put her on life support roughly nine weeks into her pregnancy for fear of violating ...

Smith, who is brain-dead, has been connected to life support machines for more than 90 days. Ms. Smith is pregnant. “We didn’t have a choice or a say about it,” Ms. Smith’s mother told a ...

Adriana Smith, who was 10 weeks pregnant in February when she was declared brain dead, was kept alive due to Georgia’s strict ban on abortion. After nearly four months on life support, Smith ...