CT, Yale officials urge residents to get vaccinated as flu season starts

CTNewsJunkie – Thursday, October 16, 2025
by Donald Eng

NEW HAVEN, CT — For 10 days, state Comptroller Sean Scanlon and his wife lived in fear as their infant child remained hospitalized with respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV).

Scanlon, speaking at Yale New Haven Health Children’s Hospital, said the child ultimately recovered.

“But for those 10 days, it was incredibly scary, and RSV is a very dangerous illness that most people don’t know too much about,” he said.

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