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This week: Surviving COVID-19, a new vaping hazard, and more

He spent nearly a month at Upstate University Hospital, much of that time on a ventilator, battling COVID-19 and worrying that he would not survive. But Travis Duffy did survive, and he shares his story and how he feels now that he is back on his Canastota farm, in this week’s episode of “HealthLink on Air.”

Also this week, Upstate clinical psychologist Jennifer Rapke discusses that feeling of deep anxiety or dread known as angst. And, two medical students who have since become doctors talk about an unusual case of pneumonia that appears to be a new vaping hazard. Listen this Sunday, July 19 at 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. for "HealthLink on Air."

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