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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Researchers grew nasal tissue in a lab to unlock clues about how your body battles the common cold.

Every winter, the rhinoviruses come into force; and with them, the common cold. For some people, these infections go almost ...

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

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

Detection of common cold coronaviruses (ccCoVs) decreased by approximately half after the widespread SARS-CoV-2 exposure and COVID-19 vaccination, whereas detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ...

Reports have been circulating about an outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, with some speculating that the virus could spread much like COVID-19. Experts are saying there is no need for ...