Cold Season

• Why ginger is the ultimate cold killer (plus hacks if you hate it)

  Ginger has many health benefits. A nutrition expert shares their tips on how to use it. Plus, shop these goodies from Greenhouse, Organic Traditions and more.

  The Curator

  Oct 18, 2025
  
• Cobourg, Lindsay hospitals expand COVID-19 assessment centres for flu, cold, RSV care

  Ross Memorial Hospital and Northumberland Hills Hospital have expanded their COVID-19 assessment centres to address flu, cold and RSV illnesses.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2022
  
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• It’s flu season. Here’s how to keep coworkers’ germs at bay

  An estimated 12,200 Canadians end up hospitalized due to the flu each year, according to Health Canada.

  Health

  Nov 19, 2019
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• Does cold weather make you sick?

  Getting the flu shot is the best thing you can do to protect yourself (and others) at this time of year.

  Lifestyle

  Oct 1, 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
• Nighttime coughing? Here’s what you should and shouldn’t do

  Should you take cold medicine to suppress your cough? What is the best sleeping position to stop nighttime coughing? Here's what a respirologist has to say.

  Health

  Nov 1, 2017
• Summer colds aren’t worse than winter ones. Here’s why they feel like it

  There are a dozen types of virus out there, but there are two main ones that make you sick in the summer.

  Health

  Aug 2, 2017
• Cold or flu? Here’s how to tell the difference

  Chances are your your stuffy nose and sore throat are just a cold and not the flu, but here are a few things to watch out for.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2016