http://kool1017.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:14:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://kool1017.com/is-it-a-cold-or-is-it-the-flu-whats-the-difference-between-the-common-cold-and-the-influenza-virus/ http://kool1017.com/is-it-a-cold-or-is-it-the-flu-whats-the-difference-between-the-common-cold-and-the-influenza-virus/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:58:46 +0000 Steve Tanko http://kool1017.com/?p=113788 People often confuse colds and the flu - and use the terms interchangeably.  But, there is a difference.

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