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Thirty years on, our research linking viral infections with Alzheimer’s is finally getting the attention it deserves

The common cold sore virus, which is often caught in childhood, usually stays in the body for life – quietly dormant in the nerves. Now and then, things like stress, illness or injury can trigger it, bringing on a cold sore in some people. But this same virus – called…

The Conversation

Never Fly With A Cold: It's Not Just About Spreading It, Pilot Explains Ear Barotrauma

While traveling with a common cold may seem harmless, a pilot advises against it, as it may put you at risk of ear barotrauma, which has the potential to cause hearing loss.

Medical Daily

Could you have COVID? Here are the symptoms to watch out for in 2025

COVID symptoms are similar to those of flu, RSV, and the common cold, and may vary by vaccination status.

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What's the difference between a cold and the flu?

Common colds and the flu differ in many ways, including their causes, some of their symptoms and their treatments.

LiveScience

Virus linked to common cold could help treat aggressive brain tumours

Scientists say new approach offers ‘a way forward’ for patients with glioblastoma

Evening Standard

Best Nebulizers For Your Respiratory Health: Here's How To Use Them Effectively

Nebulizers are simple devices designed to deliver medications to the lungs directly, making them crucial for treating everything from common colds to more serious conditions like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this guide, we explore the various types of nebulizers, their unique benefits, and practical tips for…

Medical Daily

Researchers Say This Simple Technique Could Shorten Colds In Kids By 2 Days

A recent study offers a quick fix that not only shortens the duration of common cold but also significantly reduces the risk of transmission.

Medical Daily

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From FLiRT to FLuQE: what to know about the latest COVID variants on the rise

We’re in the midst of a bad cold and flu season in Australia. Along with the usual viral suspects, such as influenza, RSV, and rhinoviruses (which cause the common cold), bacterial pathogens are also causing significant rates of illness, particularly in children. These include Bordatella pertussis (whooping cough) and Mycoplasma…

The Conversation

Past COVID infections may help protect against certain colds. Could it lead to better vaccines?

If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold

The Independent UK

Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame?

Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching

The Guardian - UK

When did humans start getting the common cold?

Prehistoric cold viruses are hard to find in the historical record, but scientists have unearthed some evidence in ancient human teeth.

LiveScience

Why does it seem everyone in the UK is ill at present? Covid and hay fever largely to blame

Here are the illnesses to be wary of — despite warmer spring weather — and how to avoid them

Evening Standard

COVID Variant Spreading Rapidly, Public Demands Honest Apology from Officials

Join us for a lively discussion with a creative and refreshing medical contributor as we delve into the latest COVID variant, JN.1, and the importance of c...

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Why Isn’t There a Vaccine for the Common Cold? A Virologist Reveals the Hidden Reason

If we can create a vaccine for a novel virus in under a year, what’s stopping scientists from inoculating us against the sniffles?

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Respiratory Illnesses Surging In US; 15 States See 'High' Or 'Very High' Levels, CDC Warns

The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country, with 15 states facing "high" or "very high" levels of infections, including flu, COVID-19, RSV and common cold.

WEKU

What works for treating the common cold? Many doctors say 'not much'

One common decongestant, phenylephrine, was found ineffective this fall. Doctors are skeptical about the rest of the over-the-counter cold cures lineup.

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Does the Winter Weather Make You Sick?

At some point in your life, you’ve probably been told to bundle up to avoid getting sick during the winter.

The Independent UK

Common cold linked to rare and fatal blood-clotting disorder

The group of researchers from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine found a connection between adenovirus - a group of viruses that can cause mild to severe infection in the body – and a rare blood clotting disorder

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FDA advisers reject efficacy of common cold medication - Roll Call

The drug brought in nearly $1.8 billion in sales in 2022, according to an FDA briefing document, a number that is likely an undercount.

The Conversation

Taking an antidepressant? Mixing it with other medicines – including some cold and flu treatments – can be dangerous

In the depths of winter we are more at risk of succumbing to viral respiratory infections – from annoying sore throat, common cold and sinusitis, to the current resurgence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and COVID.

WEKU

You know those folks who had COVID but no symptoms? A new study offers an explanation

Everybody knows someone — maybe it's you — who got COVID but never got sick or who thinks they never got COVID at all. A new study found one possible reason, involving a certain gene and common colds.

The Hindu

Cuddalore GH staff nurse suspended for wrongly administering anti-rabies vaccine to girl

A teenage girl who visited the hospital with fever and common cold was wrongly administered the anti-rabies vaccine by a staff nurse in Cuddalore government hospital.

Fortune

What to know about metapneumovirus—the respiratory infection you've never heard of that spiked this spring

If you experienced cough and cold symptoms this spring, you might not have had COVID or the common cold after all. You may have had human metapneumovirus—a (relatively) newly recognized “bug” hitting radars in a post-pandemic world.

Wales Online

'I was bedridden for six years after catching what I thought was a common cold'

Amy Ironside Wood caught a cold off her daughter and had to lie down for up to 22 hours a day

Bristol Post

Parents told son would be only baby to die of rare illness for years - now 15 babies are infected

"Just to think that your baby has died of basically a common cold is hard to get your head around"

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