common cold
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“They think, ‘I’m the only schmuck that feels this bad,’ and never get the corrective feedback that depression is like the common cold of mental illness.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Growing seasonal concern about overlapping respiratory illnesses such as the common cold and influenza has increased interest in ways to support immune health.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
It could apply to a range of respiratory illnesses like influenza, RSV, covid or the common cold.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
The test positivity rate for rhinoviruses and enteroviruses, which typically cause the common cold, is 19.87%.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
Imagine someone sneezing in a crowded elevator, releasing into the air ten variants of a rhinovirus, the kind of virus that causes the common cold.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
