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Fund Drive Special: The latest in Ukraine; Monkeypox in SF and covid updates; Plus, Eugene Linden

Monkeypox is now a global health crisis, according to the World Health Organization | NIAID

0:08 – John Feffer (@johnfeffer), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, joins us to discuss the latest developments in Russian war in Ukraine.

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0:33 – The latest public health crisis – the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency over Monkeypox, with over 16,000 confirmed cases in 75 countries, although actual numbers are likely much, much higher. We’re joined by a front line responder in San Francisco, which is one of the Monkeypox hot spots in this country. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong (@pch_sf) is a professor of medicine and infectious disease physician at UCSF Medical Center.

1:08 – Eugene Linden is a veteran climate and science writer whose new book is Fire and Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present.

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