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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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