Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n WCBS 880 Radio, Jan. 31, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n Dr. Paul Skolnik<\/a>, the University of Connecticut\u2019s infectious disease expert, said cases began climbing when the elements of the preventive vaccine were changed.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > FOX CT Morning Extra, Jan. 30, 2013 <\/i><\/p>\n Dr. Paul Skolnik<\/a>, UConn Department of Medicine chair, discusses adult chicken pox in light of long-time news personality Barbara Walters being diagnosed with the disease.<\/p>\n Watch the video > Examiner.com, Jan. 24, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n Flu, for most people with relatively normal immune systems, can be handled pretty well, says Dr. John Yaylagul, a University of Connecticut emergency room physician.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Hartford Courant, Jan. 21, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n “I think it would put a big damper on people seeking mental health care,” said Dr. Carolyn Drazinic<\/a>, president-elect of the Connecticut Psychiatric Society and an associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 and 96.5 TIC-FM, Jan. 13, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n Dr. Rebecca Andrews<\/a>, primary care physician, joins WTIC 1080 News<\/a>\u2019 Sam Gingerella to emphasize the importance of weight management and a healthy lifestyle in light of a recent study suggesting that being overweight may not pose as great a health risk as traditionally thought.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > Follow\u00a0the UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Health Center experts are interviewed about mental health, whooping cough, chicken pox, the flu and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-72206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized","category-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 09:36:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72206"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88324,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72206\/revisions\/88324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/53726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72206"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=72206"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=72206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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