A new study suggests the answer may come down to what happens inside your snoot. Researchers found that how cells in the ...

Not everyone who gets a cold virus in their nose gets sick. Only about half of infections cause symptoms, Foxman said. To ...

A new study shows the intricacies of the cold virus and how it interacts with nasal airway cells, revealing why some people ...

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

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

Trying to understand why the common cold hits some people hard – sometimes leading to serious medical complications – but ...

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 ...

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

Influenza is on the rise. Flu activity was "high" or "very high" in 32 states and jurisdictions, as of Dec. 30, according to the CDC.

Cold and flu season is in full swing, and if you’re suffering from symptoms, you likely just want to find some relief. But ...

Cases of the flu have started to decline, according to the CDC, but flu season isn't over yet. We bust some common myths on ways to avoid catching the virus.