A new study suggests that people may experience the same virus differently based on how quickly the cells in their noses ...

A common cold affects people differently. While some suffer from mild symptoms, for others, it can be life-threatening. A new ...

This brings new meaning to under the weather. With flu cases climbing this winter season rapidly and record low temps on the ...

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 ...

A new study shows that the body’s early immune response, not the virus itself, often determines how severe a rhinovirus cold becomes.

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

Using a laboratory model of the human nose, scientists have investigated why the severity of common-cold infections varies so ...

Many people across cultures grow up hearing that cold weather makes you sick. Going outside without a coat, breathing in cold air, sleeping in a chilly room, getting caught in cold rain or snow, or ...

When the common cold rips through a household, it can leave a wildly uneven path of symptoms. The same cold-causing rhinovirus that produces barely a sniffle in one person can cause a week of ...

At first glance, a cold and the flu look pretty similar. Stuffy nose, sore throat, misery. But the difference is important because while colds are pretty mild the flu can be deadly. The two share ...

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