This brings new meaning to under the weather. With flu cases climbing this winter season rapidly and record low temps on the ...

When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work ...

A common cold can feel like a small thing until it is not. One day you feel fine, and the next you wake up congested, drained ...

Learn how the body’s earliest immune defenses can stop a common cold before symptoms appear.

Trying to understand why the common cold hits some people hard – sometimes leading to serious medical complications – but ...

Many people across cultures grow up hearing that cold weather makes you sick. Going outside without a coat, breathing in cold ...

Rhinovirus is the most common cause of the common cold and is also a frequent trigger for breathing problems in people with asthma and other long-term lung conditions. The study looked at what happens ...

Who knows why different people have different symptoms with the common cold? Well, a new study used laboratory-grown noses ...

Daniel Wrapp, an assistant professor in medicine at Duke University, shared how he helped find the first human antibodies ...

A new study shows the intricacies of the cold virus and how it interacts with nasal airway cells, revealing why some people ...

Before germs were first spied under a microscope by Robert Koch, a doctor from East Prussia, catching colds was blamed on evil spirits, foul weather, and medical enigmas such as blood impurities. Koch ...

The common cold is caused by one of more than 200 viruses circulating at any given time. Children typically get between 6 and 10 colds yearly, while adults get between 2 and 4. Colds usually include a ...