cold and flu season

10 Feb 2025

This Flu Is Kicking Everyone’s Ass

On Day 4 of my partner’s ongoing fever, I insisted he call his doctor. He’s currently laid up with a mean case of flu—the worst he’s had in his thirty-one years on Earth. His temperature fluctuates between 99° and 102°, flirting with 103°. He sweats out as much as he

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09 Jan 2010

Stuff for the Stuffed Up: A Few Tricks for Cold Symptoms

No matter how much you ignore people on the subway in New York, it’s hard not to notice the people wearing surgical masks. And while part of me giggles, another part of me totally understands the precaution. Nothing breeds germs quite like enclosed spaces and people rubbing their hands all

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12 Sep 2009

DIY Diva: Chicken Coconut Soup ala Kate

Hey-o the DIY Diva here!  Can you believe it’s already September?  I totes magotes can.  You wanna know why? Because last week my housemate and I both came down with killer head and chest colds. We spent most of Labor Day weekend laboring to cough phlegm out of our belabored

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