Winter got you down? Here's how to beat the winter blues

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published February 25, 2026 at 10:59 AM CST

People are reflected in an ice-covered door in Brooklyn after an overnight storm on December 27, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Dr. Matthew Rudorfer, a mental health expert at the National Institutes of Health, about how to beat the winter blues.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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