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Kids Health: Common Cold ArticleKids Health: Common Cold Article
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9th - 10th
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Physical Education
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Article

Kids Health: Common Cold

Curated by ACT

A brief description of the common cold, including signs, symptoms, prevention ideas, and treatments.

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Concepts

viruses

Additional Tags

colds, common cold, symptoms of common cold, kidshealth, nemours foundation, treatments for common cold

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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