Cold And Flu

• Worried about the kids’ pain med supply? Likely ‘minimal’ issues this year: experts

  Parents can expect stocked shelves of children's pain medicine this winter, but a global shortage of an ingredient used to make suspensions of children's antibiotics persists.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2023
  
• Not just COVID: Cold, flu may lead to longer symptoms, study finds

  The recent study suggests that there may be longer health impacts associated with other respiratory illnesses besides COVID that have gone unrecognized..

  Health

  Oct 6, 2023
  
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• COVID-19 care clinic in Kitchener to close permanently

  Grand River Hospital has announced that the COVID-19 care clinic in Kitchener will be closing its doors Friday, March 24, as case numbers ease and cold and flu season ends.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Cold and flu medicine shortage still a cause for concern in Kingston, Ont.

  Months into cold and flu season, when it comes to a shortage of over-the-counter medicines available in Kingston, Ont., a pharmacist says things aren't getting any better.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
• Children’s ER seeing ‘unprecedented’ patient levels in Winnipeg as feds secure more pain medications

  The shortage comes as Canada is experiencing what is being called a “triple-demic” of cases of COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and an early onset of the flu season.

  Health

  Nov 14, 2022
• When is your cold most contagious?

  No one likes catching a cold.

  Health

  Feb 11, 2019
• Do you have a common cold or the flu? Here are the cold hard facts

  The question is, have you been infected by the constantly mutating influenza virus, known as the flu? Or is it one of the 200 strains of the common cold virus?

  Features

  Feb 10, 2019
• Got a cold? Here’s how to blow your nose the right way

  Grab a tissue.

  Health

  Nov 28, 2018
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• Can you suffer from two colds at the same time?

  There are over 100 strains of the common cold virus floating around out there, but does that mean you're able to catch more than one strain at a time?

  Health

  Apr 4, 2018
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• The difference between the flu, a cold and allergies

  Don't rely on mucus colour to tell you if you need medication, one expert says.

  Lifestyle

  Jan 23, 2018