influenza

Do you just have the common cold or a more serious virus? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Cold Season

Viruses Can Spread When Jack Frost Nips A cure for the common cold isn’t in the crystal ball of an infectious diseases researcher and physician at St. Louis University’s Center for Vaccine Development. “There’s not likely to be a vaccine or cure developed because colds don’t kill
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It’s not too late to get vaccinated against the most common strains of flu expected this year. (Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Avoid the Flu

Vaccination Remains Best Way to Avoid Flu Joy and goodwill aren’t the only things we start spreading to friends, family, colleagues — even strangers — this time of year. Late fall and early winter also signal the start of annual spread of the influenza virus. Commonly known as
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