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 ...

A runny nose, scratchy throat, and deep cough can make even simple daily tasks feel miserable. While there's no instant cure ...

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?

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

Researchers grew nasal tissue in a lab to unlock clues about how your body battles the common 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 ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In today’s Health Headlines: why some people are more miserable with a common cold than others.

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

There are plenty of over-the-counter remedies for the common cold, but some carry significant risks, and their efficacy is dubious. The latter applies to phenylephrine, an active ingredient in common ...

Frostbite isn’t the only medical concern to keep in mind during times of extreme cold. While dehydration is often thought of ...