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A Cold or the Flu?(Brief Article)
It starts with the sniffles and a scratchy throat. Soon your throat is full-on sore, your head is pounding and you're coughing like you're someone with consumption. Is it a common cold or the more sinister flu? The three S's--stuffy nose, sore throat and sneezing--usually signify a cold. Got a bad cough, aches and pains, fever and fatigue? You've probably got influenza. Each year about 10 to 20 percent of the world population is infected with the flu, and as many 500,000 people--a small fraction of total cases--die, according to the World Health Organization. Ask your doctor about vaccines still available that can protect against the ...
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