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University of Michigan: Sounds of Sickness - Perceptions of Coughs, Sneezes Not Diagnosed Accurately
June 11, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 11 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

Woman coughing into elbow. Image credit: iStockYou're standing in the store's check-out line, and the customer behind you viciously coughs.

Is that person sick or simply have a throat tickle? Chances are you're misidentifying the origins of those sounds, according to a newly published University of Michigan study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biologi . . .

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