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Fort Detrick leads fight against the common cold

By The Associated Press

7:57 AM EDT, March 13, 2012

FREDERICK, Md.

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Military medical experts at Fort Detrick are marking progress against an enemy most of us have encountered: the common cold.

On Monday, Assistant Defense Secretary Jonathan Woodson joined Army medical researchers in celebrating the licensing and fielding of a vaccine against adenovirus types 4 and 7.

The virus can cause respiratory illness and sore throats, as well as bronchitis, pneumonia, fever and nausea.