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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

A new study helps explain why you get sick from a common cold virus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 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

This is not something like the common cold.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston



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