As the days shorten toward winter, sniffles and sore throats return. Noses start dripping, and all too soon you’ve got aches and pains, fever and malaise. And so do your kids, or your colleagues, or your friends. This is the onset of cold and flu season, when germs travel easily from person to person as we spend more time close together indoors. And everything can be a good breeding ground for germs: computer keyboards, the knob on the door into your office, the telephone you use, the subway seat where someone coughs behind you, the escalator railing, the shopping cart handle. Read full article > >

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As cold and flu season begins, you can guard against germs and infected people

As the days shorten toward winter, sniffles and sore throats return. Noses start dripping, and all too soon you’ve got aches and pains, fever and malaise. And so do your kids, or your colleagues, or your friends. This is the onset of cold and flu season, when germs travel easily from person to person as we spend more time close together indoors. And everything can be a good breeding ground for germs: computer keyboards, the knob on the door into your office, the telephone you use, the subway seat where someone coughs behind you, the escalator railing, the shopping cart handle. Read full article > >

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As cold and flu season begins, you can guard against germs and infected people

Hickory Street couldn’t be further from South Beach. With as many vacant lots as standing homes, it’s a tired stretch, three parts pothole, one part asphalt. Up there on the telephone pole, Wanda Reaves points out, is where the neighborhood boys would nail a milk crate, and that nearby street light would allow them to play late into the evening. “It all started here,” says Reaves, 68. “I don’t think he’ll ever forget that.” Read full article > >

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