Respiratory disease season | Line One

Respiratory diseases like the flu or RSV are common during the Fall and Winter, but how do you know when your symptoms mean you should seek medical care? And what steps can you take to protect yourself from getting sick in the first place? What is different this fall and winter?  And how and when do vaccines get approved anyway?

Host Dr. Anne Zink interviews Dr. Jay Butler, Associate Director for Infectious Disease at the CDC; Dr. Ellen Hodges, Chief Medical Officer at Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation; and Dr. Matthew Daley, Pediatrician, researcher and former member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), about respiratory disease season.

HOST: Dr. Anne Zink

GUESTS:

• Dr. Jay Butler – Associate Director for Infectious Disease, CDC
• Dr. Ellen Hodges – Chief Medical Officer, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
• Dr. Matt Daley – Pediatrician, researcher and national expert on vaccine confidence

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Books: 
“Crisis Averted” by Caitlin Rivers 
“The Great Influenza” by John M. Barry

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