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 ...

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.

Q My wife started getting sick a few days before Halloween. We were worried that it was going to turn into a bad respiratory illness, but it stayed in her ...

Sometimes a bad cold stops you in your tracks but there's no reason why you have to feel miserable. Here's how to ride out a ...

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

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

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 ...