TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now)
Is it the Cold or is it the Flu? It's the time of year when everyone gets sick. You probably know someone with some combination of a sore throat, cough, or runny nose.
But when those symptoms come calling, how do you know the difference between a common cold and the flu? Because these two types of illnesses have similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone.
Here are a few tips we took from the Centers from Disease Control that will hopefully help you figure out the difference.