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Is It COVID-19, Allergies, The Flu Or A Cold? How To Stay Healthy This Fall : Shots – Health News – NPR

Coughs, sore throats and runny noses are common in fall and winter, and they rarely signal dire disease. But with COVID-19 a threat this year, and flu an annual…

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Is that sneezing or coughing fit a sign of allergies, a cold, the flu or COVID-19? If you also have a fever a temperature above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit those symptoms probably signal infection and not just allergies acting up.
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You might have hoped the pandemic would cancel what we doctors usually think of as “sick season,” but as cool weather signals the annual arrival of autumn allergies, colds and flu in the U.S., sick season is still right on schedule.
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