Rhinovirus infection is linked to about 70 percent of all asthma exacerbations with more than 50 percent of these patients requiring hospitalization. Furthermore, over 35 percent of patients with acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are hospitalized each year due to respiratory viruses including rhinovirus. A new antiviral drug to treat rhinovirus infections that is being developed by Melbourne company Biota Holdings, Ltd., is targeted for those with these existing conditions where the common cold is a serious threat to their health and could prove fatal. (via Futurity.org – Common cold in 3D may speed new drug)
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Rhinovirus infection is linked to about 70 percent of all asthma exacerbations with more than 50 percent of these patients requiring hospitalization. Furthermore, over 35 percent of patients with acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are hospitalized each year due to respiratory viruses including rhinovirus. A new antiviral drug to treat rhinovirus infections that is being developed by Melbourne company Biota Holdings, Ltd., is targeted for those with these existing conditions where the common cold is a serious threat to their health and could prove fatal. (via Futurity.org – Common cold in 3D may speed new drug)

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    Rhinovirus infection is linked to about 70 percent of all asthma exacerbations with more than 50 percent of these...
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    cold?… but only if you have chronic illness. I imagine it will be expensive,...not covered...
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