There’s so much to look forward to when you’re pregnant, especially if it’s your first time. You eagerly wait to see if your hair grows as thick and healthy as everyone says it will. You start saving ...

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 ...

In the mid-1950s, scientist Winston Price identified a virus responsible for the common cold. Price dubbed his discovery the ‘JH virus' in honor of his employer (Johns Hopkins University), and set out ...

September 25, 2012 (Vienna, Austria) — There is still no cure for the common cold, but interferon-β significantly decreases the frequency of cold-induced exacerbations in people with ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Why are we so ill-prepared for the common ...

The common cold is a respiratory virus affecting your nose, sinuses and throat. And while colds are most often harmless, it might not feel that way with a scratchy throat, runny nose, annoying cough, ...

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 ...