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San Francisco and California brace for monkeypox

UCSF
Thomas Hawk
UCSF

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a public health emergency in California over the monkeypox epidemic. While last week, San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to do so. Sunni Khalid spoke with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF, about monkeypox and what can be done to reduce its spread in the Bay Area.

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Sunni M. Khalid is a veteran of more than 40 years in journalism, having worked in print, radio, television, and web journalism.