Word: viral
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...more month left in peak cold season, most folks have already suffered their share of scratchy throats, runny noses, raucous sneezes and nagging headaches. If only the changing weather meant you were out of harm's way. Alas, colds are caused by hundreds of different viruses from several major viral families. Spring turns out to be prime time--along with summer and fall--for the so-called rhinoviruses, culprits in as many as 35% of all colds. There's just no time of year when some type of cold virus...
...almonds. Scientists in Colorado just got a Pentagon grant to design plants that can guard our houses and malls: the idea is to engineer the plants genetically so that the leaves suddenly change color when exposed to biological or chemical agents. In New York City and Washington, rumors were viral, spreading by word and wire; a friend calls a friend to say her ex-boyfriend's sister's friend's father is a top New York City cop and told his daughter to "avoid the subway for the next 36 hours." Members of Congress were warned about possible assassination attempts...
HUDS has instructed all of its dining hall managers to take additional precautions to prevent the spread of the viral illness which has reached near-epidemic proportions in the Boston area, according to Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission John M. Auerbach...
Preventing the viral illness may be particularly desirable given the lack of specific treatment options and the unpleasant symptoms associated with it, Campbell said...
...said her symptoms included nausea, vomiting and fatigue—classic symptoms of the viral illness...