common cold
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The findings, published in Nature Communications, explain how viruses responsible for illnesses such as polio, encephalitis, myocarditis, and even the common cold take control of cellular machinery to copy themselves.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
Endemicity is when an infection is constantly present, like the common cold.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
“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
University students are particularly at risk because they mix with lots of new people, and the bacteria that cause meningitis are spread in similar ways to the common cold through sneezing and coughing.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
As we all know from experience, there are some illnesses, such as flu and the common cold, to which our resistance is only temporary; we can eventually contract the illness again.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
