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What's the Difference Between the Flu and a Cold?

Internet URL

http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/HealthEd/PDF/RLSU_Cold_vs_Flu.pdf  

Sponsoring Agency

Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Description

The viruses that cause colds and the flu are spread through hand-to-hand contact and through the air in droplets from sneezes and coughs. You do not catch a cold or the flu by getting wet or chilled. This brochure, written for Native Americans, discusses the difference between the flu and a cold.

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Review Date

9/29/2007