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Signs and symptoms may include eye redness, mild flu-like upper respiratory symptoms, pneumonia requiring hospitalization, fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuff nose, muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
Symptoms for avian influenza include fever, coughing, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches and eye redness or discharge.
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Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2025
People with bird flu may get pink eye (conjunctivitis), a cough, a sore throat, a runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue and fever.
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Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Fever, feeling feverish or chills; cough; sore throat; runny or stuffy nose;
muscle or body aches, or fatigue or tiredness;
headache;
vomiting or diarrhea, which is more common among children.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1629, in the meaning defined above
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“Sore throat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sore%20throat. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
sore throat
noun
: a throat that is painful because of inflammation
Medical Definition
sore throat
noun
: painful throat due to inflammation of the fauces and pharynx
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