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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A new study suggests the answer may come down to what happens inside your snoot. Researchers found that how cells in the ...

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 ...

Your chances of catching a cold—and how miserable it feels—may depend more on your body than on the virus itself.

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

Many people think of December and January as the two months of the year you're likely to catch the common cold, but “cold season” actually stretches from late August through April. That means only ...

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 ...