Stay out of the emergency department this winter — English Level A1

Winter weather brings higher health risks.
Snow and ice cause slips and falls.
Driveways and ground can become frozen.
Respiratory viruses rise in winter.
Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV increase.
Arjun Venkatesh is a professor and chair at Yale School of Medicine.
He is chief of emergency medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Four years ago he gave a news interview.
Two days after the interview he slipped at home.
It was late at night after a hospital shift.

Difficult words

respiratory — About breathing and the lungs

influenza — A virus that makes people very sick

slipped — To lose balance and fall

professor — A teacher and leader at a university

emergency — A sudden medical or dangerous problem

frozen — Turned to ice because of very cold

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