Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll get the latest on spiking Covid rates and what the new Monkeypox virus might mean for the Bay Area, with:

• Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle health reporter
• Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist at UCSF

Next we’ll ask if “Aid-in-Dying” laws are working for terminally ill patients? We’ll talk to cultural anthropologist Anita Hannig about her new book, The Day I Die.

Finally, we’ll find out how the pandemic pups faring with Kristy Lai of Happy Hound and Oakland Animal Services.

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