There was a recent outbreak (epidemic) of Coronavirus in Wuhan, China. The new virus has been called Wuhan Virus, Novel Coronavirus, Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus, and 2019 nCoV. For more news and updates on the same, therefore, stay up to date (on this blog) or even by frequently keep checking on the website of the World Health Organization.
You get a sniffle or maybe a scratchy throat and you wonder. Is it just a cold or something more serious, like the flu? In that case, it’s important to know what you’re dealing with. Although many of the symptoms can be similar, the treatments are very different. People often confuse the common cold and the flu because many of the symptoms overlap and can be eased by over-the-counter remedies.
Influenza, commonly known as the "Flu," is an extremely contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza A or B viruses. In addition, it appears most frequently in winter and early spring. The flu virus attacks the body by spreading through the upper and/or lower respiratory tract. And although flu and the common cold share many symptoms, they are vastly different.
