Cold, Dry Air Could Signal a Flu Outbreak a Week Before It Happens—Here's How to Protect Yourself
Most of us equate feeling cold with catching a virus—but we've also heard plenty of debunkers proselytizing that being cold isn't what gives you the flu. Still, we know that cold and flu season always falls during the winter, so exactly what is the relationship between winter and the flu or colds? Are they passed along more just because we're inside all the time or, as some new research suggests, does the cold and dry air help the viruses along? "According to our calculations, a cold week with an average temperature below 0° Celsius [33° Fahrenheit] precedes the start of the flu epidemic,"... more
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