In honor of my virus:

261. Maimoides advocated chicken soup as a tonic for health.

262. There is some evidence that something in chicken noodle soup has a anti-inflammatory property, which may be why it earned its reputation as a "cure" for flu and cold.

263. The name "chicken noodle soup" came about because of a verbal slip in an Amos n' Andy radio show in the 1930s. Campbell's had been about to discontinue their "chicken soup with noodles" but the new name was extremely popular.

264. Turkey is higher in iron than chicken.

265. The traditional Japanese cold remedy is called "tamagozake" and is made from heated sake, sugar and raw egg.

266. 25% of all modern drugs used in the US are derived from plants, according the Wold Health Organization.

267. 80% of people globally uses herbal remedies for something.

268. The word "drug" comes from the Dutch for "dried plant".

269. Sleeping in a sacred place in order to be cured or to have a vision is called "incubation".

270. The word "influenza" is from the Italian for "influence" and was first used in English in 1743; other archaic words include catarrah, grippe, Spanish fever and sweating sickness.