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

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 22 -- Don't worry, be happy and, according to new research, you will also be healthy. It is estimated that over the course of one year, Americans suffer 1 billion colds. But new research shows ...

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 ...

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

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