Today’s Daf Yomi page, Eruvin 79, finds the rabbis permitting building a fire on Shabbat to make a woman giving birth more comfortable. Dr. David Jay Berman, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins, joins us to share some troubling statistics about the risks expecting mothers, and particularly expecting mothers of color, face, and what we must do to heal them. How do race and socioeconomic status impact the health of mother and baby alike? Listen and find out.
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