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And, that means it's cold and flu season. Local health officials are ... if you have respiratory virus symptoms that cannot be explained by another cause. The symptoms include fever, chills ...

More than 200 viruses can cause a cold, with rhinovirus being the most common. Influenza viruses—three of which infect humans—cause the flu. Both illnesses share symptoms like a runny nose ...