Researchers recovered a 250-year-old cold virus from preserved lung tissue, offering rare insight into how respiratory viruses evolved.

The common cold looks trivial compared with illnesses that fill intensive care units, yet it still knocks out workers, empties classrooms and costs health systems huge sums every winter. Despite ...

A common cold affects people differently. While some suffer from mild symptoms, for others, it can be life-threatening. A new study finds what happens in the nose when a rhinovirus infection hits and ...

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 ...

Dear A.T.R.: Both colds and influenza (the "flu") are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B ...

There are four infections that experts expect to start increasing during winter: colds, influenza, COVID-19 and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV. All four fall under what are called influenza-like ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The common cold can commonly cause different symptoms in different people. A new study shed ...