recognizing the key differences in how they start, the severity of fever, and specific signs is crucial for accurate ...

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

Here's are the best remedies for the common cold, flu, and other respiratory illnesses, which spread quickly during winter.

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

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

My wife started getting sick a few days before Halloween. We were worried that it was going to turn into a bad respiratory illness, but it stayed in ...

Respiratory viruses are usually most active from October through March, health officials say.

It's the time of sneezing, coughing, hacking and wheezing. Cases of the flu are surging throughout much of the United States as the new year begins. In its latest Influenza Surveillance Report, ...

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

The common cold looks trivial compared with illnesses that fill intensive care units, yet it still knocks out workers, empties classrooms and costs health systems huge sums every winter. Despite ...

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

Cold and flu season always comes around when the weather starts to change. But does cold, wet weather actually make you sick? Not really, experts say. But cooler temperatures and dry winter air can ...