A new report says certain population, weather and health factors make it more likely that you’ll catch a cold.
Do you feel like you’re always coming down with a cold, flu or some other winter virus? There may be a reason for that ― and it could come down to where you live in the United States, according to new data published by the Leighton School of Nursing at Marian University in Indiana.
In the report , researchers looked at 15 factors that can impact virus transmission and concluded that certain characteristics of some locations could be linked with a greater chance of getting sick.
The factors include high population density, where virus spread can be blamed partly on crowding; poor air quality, which can impact respiratory health; a large population of children under 14 (children are known to more easily spread viruses); certain weather patterns that could make viruses more transmissible; low flu vaccination rates; and difficulty accessing nutritious food, which can harm the immune system…