common cold

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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

“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

During the appointment, he told her that just getting a common cold could kill her, she said.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Ending all diseases and the common cold with a single song.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas