It might not feel like it today, but cooler weather is coming. This often means more time spent indoors, and an uptick in contagious diseases such as the flu, the common cold, and yes, COVID-19.

Today, we’ll talk about what you need to know to protect yourself and your family this year. The new COVID-19 booster is available. But deciding when you should vaccinate - that’s a case by case basis.

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a rare illness that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito.

Just this week, more mosquitoes tested positive for EEE in Farmington and Manchester. A New Hampshire resident died from this virus in late August. We hear what you need to know about protecting yourself and your family.

An estimated 17 million adults in the nation have long COVID. We’ll get updates on Long COVID and hear from a patient.

GUESTS:
Dr. Ulysses Wu: Chief Epidemiologist at Hartford Healthcare
Emily Taylor: President & CEO of Solve M.E./CFS Initiative
Professor Richard Gard: Retired Professor of Yale School of Music retired and St Thomas More chapel at Yale

It might not feel like it today, but cooler weather is coming. This often means more time spent indoors, and an <a href="https://www.vox.com/even-better/370363/an-extremely-practical-guide-to-this-years-cold-flu-and-covid-season">uptick in contagious diseases such as the flu, the common cold, and yes, COVID-19.</a>
Today, we’ll talk about what you need to know to protect yourself and your family this year. The <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html">new COVID-19 booster is available.</a> But deciding when you should vaccinate - that’s a case by case basis.
<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/eastern-equine-encephalitis/about/index.html">Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is a rare illness that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito.</a>
Just this week, more mosquitoes tested positive for EEE in Farmington and Manchester.<a href="https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024-08-27/hampstead-resident-dies-from-mosquito-borne-eee-virus"> A New Hampshire resident died from this virus in late August.</a> We hear what you need to know about protecting yourself and your family.
<a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/as-recommendations-for-isolation-end-how-common-is-long-covid/">An estimated 17 million adults in the nation have long COVID.</a> We’ll get updates on Long COVID and hear from a patient.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Dr. Ulysses Wu: Chief Epidemiologist at Hartford Healthcare</li>
<li>Emily Taylor: President &amp; CEO of Solve M.E./CFS Initiative</li>
<li>Professor Richard Gard: Retired Professor of Yale School of Music retired and St Thomas More chapel at Yale</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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