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 ...

Rhinovirus, computer illustration. The rhinovirus infects the upper respiratory tract and is the cause of the common cold. It is spread by coughs and sneezes. [Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library / ...

Flu, COVID-19, the common cold and RSV have similarities, but they differ in their severity, contagiousness and symptoms. Vaccines are available for COVID-19, the flu and RSV. However, there is no ...

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 ...

A new study helps explain why you get sick from a common cold virus. The secret, it turns out, lies inside your nose. Winter brings a surge of respiratory illnesses, including rhinoviruses, the most ...

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 ...

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that tissues such as the tonsils and adenoids can ...