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Views From A New York City Midwife During The Epidemic

Published March 25, 2020 at 8:47 PM EDT

NPR's Michel Martin, Hansi Lo Wang and Rebecca Hersher speak with New York City midwife Eugenia Montesinos about the effect the coronavirus is having on her work.

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