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Test positivity for common cold coronaviruses significantly declined following widespread SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 ...
There tend to be more bugs around in winter making everyone snotty and uncomfortable. But does this mean that cold weather causes colds? Well no, viruses cause the common cold. But, as Norman and ...
I forgot what it was like to experience a good old common cold. Prior to covid, you see, the cold-getting experience went like this: I’d wake with a stuffy nose and scratchy throat and my only ...
A new strain of Covid-19 has landed in the UK ahead of the summer season. Called NB.1.8.1, the variant has been added to the World Health Organisation (WHO) watch list and is one of six SARS-CoV-2 ...
While symptoms can almost always be managed, “there are no treatments that shorten the duration of a cold,” says Hill. Instead, "every cold just needs to run its course," says Mitzner.
What is HSV-1? “HSV-1 is a common virus to which almost everyone is exposed early in life,” says David Hunter, M.D., an assistant professor and neurologist with UTHealth Houston.