Well, I have good news, and I have bad news. The bad news is that we’re entering the time of the year when the common cold is, well, more common. This means you’re more likely to ask yourself ...

Sneezing, scratchy throat, runny nose-- everyone knows the first signs of a cold, probably the most common illness known. These symptoms are usually caused by a viral infection. Although the ...

By 1925, when Popular Science reported the findings of the US Public Health Service’s first-ever survey on the common cold, many still clung to outdated beliefs despite four decades of germ science.

Learn how to prevent the common cold with easy hand hygiene tips. Understand how it spreads and discover daily habits to ...

A newly discovered immune response inside the nose could explain why respiratory illnesses like RSV, Covid, the common cold and flu thrive in winter, according to research published Tuesday in The ...

The common cold, otherwise simply known as a cold, is a viral infection that attacks the upper respiratory tract. This includes the nasal cavity, the pharynx (back of the mouth) and the larynx ...

It’s that time of the year. Another staple of this time of year? The common cold. Not to be a buzzkill, but people are most likely to develop colds during fall and winter. If you catch a cold ...

So, can we view COVID 2024 as nothing more annoying than the common cold? Not so fast, experts said. That’s misguided, incorrect, and potentially dangerous. “We cannot assign COVID to the ...

Put three sick people in the same room this winter—one with COVID, another with a common cold, and the third with the flu—and “it’s way harder to tell the difference,” Chavez told me.

For decades, scientists have been on the hunt for a universal common cold vaccine—and they're still searching. By Bill Gourgey Published Nov 2, 2022 10:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

The connection between cold weather and catching a cold New research suggests that cold weather may actually affect the human body's immune response, making us more susceptible to colds ...