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 ...

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

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

recognizing the key differences in how they start, the severity of fever, and specific signs is crucial for accurate ...

Right now, a number of viruses are causing a host of upper respiratory symptoms, including congestion, coughs, fever, body ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Respiratory viruses are usually most active from October through March, health officials say.