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

The common cold is so ubiquitous that it feels like background noise, yet for a subset of people it is a wrecking ball that ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers grew nasal tissue in a lab to unlock clues about how your body battles the common cold.

recognizing the key differences in how they start, the severity of fever, and specific signs is crucial for accurate ...

Detection of common cold coronaviruses (ccCoVs) decreased by approximately half after the widespread SARS-CoV-2 exposure and COVID-19 vaccination, whereas detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV ...

The common cold and diseases like influenza are caused by germs called viruses. These germs are infectious and can stay on surfaces and make you sick if they enter your body. How long they can "live" ...