Mar. 25, 2025 — Early animal studies show that a single vaccine could protect the recipient from different variants of the coronaviruses that cause COVID-19, the flu and the common cold.

Like other respiratory illnesses such as flu and the common cold, SARS affects the airways in the lungs. Prof Paul said SARS, which is believed to be from bats, is the disease "most likely to ...

FLU and coronaviruses have been named as top pandemic threats by UK health officials as they confirmed the first case of bird ...

Here's what James found out... Almost all cold and flu medications reduce the symptoms of the illness, not treat the illness itself. Dr Lindsay Broadbent explains that "when we get infected with a ...

One of those struck down is Professor Ron Eccles, chairman of the Cold and Flu Council and director of the Common Cold Centre at Cardiff University. Blaming his wife for passing on the virus - the ...

Have a Turkish bath: The flu virus can linger in the body for five to six weeks after the symptoms have cleared. According to Professor Ron Eccles, a specialist in cold and flu research ...

“We need to breathe in the particles to become infected,” Prof Preston explains. Theoretically, it is possible, though unlikely, that a bird could catch flu from a human, he says. “It would ...

The symptoms of COVID-19, the flu, and a cold have some overlap but are often different. As a rule, flu and COVID-19 symptoms are more severe than cold symptoms. Your symptoms can help you tell ...