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 ...

Learn how the body’s earliest immune defenses can stop a common cold before symptoms appear.

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

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

Like the flu and COVID, the symptoms of a cold are often coughing, a sore throat, tiredness and sometimes a fever. However, ...

Dear Doctors: 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 nose and throat. That's a common ...

As people test negative for both influenza and coronavirus, doctors are pointing to other possible explanations.

Health officials say multiple respiratory illnesses are circulating in Iowa, with flu, COVID-19, and RSV activity all ...

Consumer Reports says there are several effective ways to ease symptoms and recover more comfortably at home.