common cold
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It uses a common cold virus that normally infects chimpanzees but has been genetically engineered to make it safe for people.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Endemicity is when an infection is constantly present, like the common cold.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
When rhinovirus, the most common cause of the common cold, enters the nasal passages, the cells lining the nose immediately begin working together to fight the infection.
From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026
“Inhaling pollution or cigarette smoke really changes the immune response to the next thing you’re exposed to, like a common cold virus, and that usually means a more detrimental inflammatory response,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
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
