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

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

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

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

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

Trying to understand why the common cold hits some people hard – sometimes leading to serious medical complications – but gives other people just the sniffles has been difficult for scientists. But a ...

When a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work together to fight the virus by triggering an arsenal of antiviral defenses. In a ...

New research suggests this divide begins almost the moment you’re exposed. A study from Yale University finds that the earliest responses from the cells lining your nose (triggered within hours of ...

Many people think of December and January as the two months of the year you're likely to catch the common cold, but “cold season” actually stretches from late August through April. That means only ...

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 ...