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Article: Common cold virus strikes again
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- October 14, 1997
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Megan Turner
University Wire
10-14-1997
(The Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- You're sneezing, coughing, wheezing and, if that weren't enough, you have a
paper due tomorrow and all you feel like doing is snoozing. You've tried to
deny it, but it is starting to become a reality: You've got a cold. Although
there isn't a cure for the common cold yet, there are some things you can do to
improve the situation.
The upper respiratory infection, also known as a cold, is caused by a virus
that is transmitted through direct contact. Colds are, of course, very common:
The average adult will suffer about two to four colds a year, mostly during the
winter months, although the "cold ...