The common cold is so ubiquitous that it feels like background noise, yet for a subset of people it is a wrecking ball that ...

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 ...

(WYTV)- You just know when a cold is coming on. There’s that little feeling that you’re in trouble, and it’s going to last at ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's cold and flu season again. (Getty Images) (HUIZENG HU via Getty Images) This time of year, there are a number of viruses ...

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

My wife started getting sick a few days before Halloween. It stayed in her nose and throat. That’s a common cold, right? Why is having a cold so different from when you get the flu?

A sweeping analysis of more than a thousand patients finds that antibiotics offer no relief for viral colds or purulent nasal discharge, while increasing side effects. Study: Antibiotics for the ...

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

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