140 or more illnesses have recently developed in the United States because of a mutated strain of cold virus. It has killed ten people in the last 18 months. The illness has not yet been declared as a threat to everyone, however, it made headlines as the 'Bootcamp flu" when it made hundreds of air force trainees ill in San Antonio. One was killed. Also known as an adenovirus, so far there are no new medications to treat this problem. Victims are treated with asprins, bed rest, and liquids at best. It is currently being researched so that scientists might discover how this simple virus became lethal.
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