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 ...

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 ...

Many people across cultures grow up hearing that cold weather makes you sick. Going outside without a coat, breathing in cold air, sleeping in a chilly room, getting caught in cold rain or snow, or ...

Every winter, the rhinoviruses come into force; and with them, the common cold. For some people, these infections go almost ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...