Common Cold / Influenza

Overview

Montreal Children’s Hospital

• Cold and Flu 

American Academy of Family Physicians

• Is it a Cold or the Flu?
• Cold and Flu Chart
• Protecting Family During Cold and Flu Season

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States)

• Cold Versus Flu

Cleveland Clinic (United States)

• Colds and Flu: Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention, When to Call

Government of Canada

• Cold or Flu: Know the Difference — Fact Sheet

Government of Quebec

• Differences Between a Cold and the Flu
• Coughing and Sneezing Without Contaminating
• Washing Hands

HealthLink BC (Canada)

• Difference Between Influenza (Flu) and a Cold

Medline Plus (United States)

• Colds and the Flu — What to Ask Your Doctor – Adult
• Achoo! Cold, Flu, or Something Else?

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (United States)

• 5 Tips: Natural Products for the Flu and Colds: What Does the Science Say?
• Cold and Flu: In Depth

Nova Scotia Health Authority (Canada)

• Cold & Flu Season: Taking Care While You’re in the Hospital

Flu

Montreal Children’s Hospital

• True or False: Antibiotics Will Cure the Flu
• True or False: As a Healthy Adult, I Don’t Need to Get a Flu Shot — The Flu Vaccine Is Only for Babies and Elderly People

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Influenza (Flu)
• About Flu
• Caring for Someone Sick with the Flu
• People at High Risk for Flu Complications

Cleveland Clinic (United States)

• Influenza (Flu)

Government of Canada

• Flu (Influenza): Symptoms and Treatment
• Flu (Influenza): Prevention and Risks
• Avian Influenza
• Pandemic Flu

Government of Quebec

• Flu (Influenza)
• Decision Assistant: If You Have Flu or Gastroenteritis Symptoms

Health Information Translations (United States)

• Influenza (Bilingual document)
• Pandemic Flu: What it is and How to Prepare (Bilingual document)
• Home Care for Pandemic Flu (Bilingual document)

HealthLink BC (Canada)

• Facts about Influenza (The Flu)

Mayo Clinic (United States)

• Influenza (Flu): Symptoms & Causes
• Influenza (Flu): Diagnosis & Treatment

Medline Plus (United States)

• Flu

Merck Manual — Consumer Version (United States)

• Influenza (Flu)

Santé Montréal

• Flu

Common Cold

About Kids Health (Canada)

• Colds (Viral Upper Respiratory Infections)

American Academy of Family Physicians

• Is it “Just a Cold”?

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

• Common Cold: Answers Fact Sheet

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States)

• Common Cold
• Common Cold: Protect Yourself and Others

Cleveland Clinic (United States)

• Common Cold
• Common Cold in Babies

JAMA Patient Pages (United States)

• I Have a Cold — What Do I Need to Know?

Mayo Clinic (United States)

• Common Cold: Symptoms & Causes
• Common Cold: Diagnosis & Treatment
• Cold Remedies: What Works, What Doesn’t, What Can’t Hurt
• Zinc for Colds: The Final Word?

Medline Plus (United States)

• Common Cold
• How to Treat the Common Cold at Home
• Vitamin C and Colds

Merck Manual — Consumer Version (United States)

• Common Cold

Related Topics

• Allergies
• Bronchitis
• COVID-19
• Pneumonia
• Sinusitis
• Vaccines

You may also consult our resources in French or our list of general health sites.