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Getting through winter healthy means trying to protect yourself from respiratory viruses. January can be the worst month for these illnesses and vaccination rates are low. When relatives, friends and

Deep into the Texas winter many are getting sick. Why now?

There are many lingering mysteries from the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, why does SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the disease, cause severe symptoms in some patients, while many other coronaviruses don't? And what causes strange symptoms to persist even after the infection has been cleared from a person's system?

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found direct evidence that exposure to common cold coronaviruses can train T cells to fight SARS-CoV-2. In fact, prior exposure to a common cold coronavirus appears to partially protect mice from lung damage during a subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infection.

T cells trained by common cold coronaviruses play a significant role in combating SARS-CoV-2.

"COVID is maybe about a quarter to a third of the story when it comes to seasonal respiratory infections," said Dr. Brad Burmeister with Bellin Health.

Schools across the Tri-State are reporting a lot of absent students on Thursday due to illness.

Although the adage encourages you to "feed a cold, starve a fever,” people should be trying to get an adequate caloric intake for any illness.

The maker of Robitussin cough syrup has issued a recall for several products due to "microbial contamination."

The manufacturer says the contamination could lead to deadly infections for at-risk people.