Cold Symptoms

• It’s rhinovirus season. Can catching the common cold protect against COVID-19?

  The common cold (rhinovirus), usually dismissed as an annoyance, might just hold the key to blocking other viruses, like COVID-19, experts say.

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  Sep 11, 2023
  
• Do you have allergies or a cold or flu? Here’s how to tell, and how to recover

  Dr. Birinder Narang explains that there is plenty of overlap when it comes to symptoms, with the major difference being in how long those symptoms last.

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  Mar 31, 2022
  
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• Coronavirus, the flu or the common cold? Here’s what to know

  It's important to be able to tell the difference between the symptoms of a common cold, influenza and COVID-19. But it's also tricky.

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  Oct 3, 2020
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• Winter clinics open across Quebec as cold and flu season gets underway

  The winter clinics operate from December until March 31, 2020.

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  Dec 2, 2019
• When is your cold most contagious?

  No one likes catching a cold.

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  Feb 11, 2019
• 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.

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  Aug 2, 2017
• Here’s what works and what doesn’t when you’re fighting a cough and cold

  Do you reach for vitamin C, Gatorade and Cold FX when you feel a cough, cold or sore throat coming on?

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  Dec 17, 2016
• How to tell the difference between a cold and a flu

  Cold and flu season has started - here's how the two differ, and what health experts say is your best protection.

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  Nov 5, 2013