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 ...

This brings new meaning to under the weather. With flu cases climbing this winter season rapidly and record low temps on the way, it’s easy to think the weather’s to blame. But modern research says ...

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.

Trying to understand why the common cold hits some people hard – sometimes leading to serious medical complications – but gives other people just the sniffles has been difficult for scientists. But a ...

Experts recommend staying hydrated and eating healthy foods — at least when your stomach will allow it — to support your body when you’re sick.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Distinguishing between the common cold, flu, RSV, and COVID-19 can be difficult because they share similar symptoms. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that ...

It’s not just frostbite and hypothermia. Freezing cold can affect almost every part of your body. By Simar Bajaj A major winter storm is expected to hit the East Coast this weekend, bringing more ...

Dozens of people across multiple states have been confirmed dead after a powerful winter storm swept through large parts of the country, leaving a trail of damage and extreme cold lingering in its ...

As a dangerously cold weather front plunges into the U.S., tens of millions across much of the country can expect heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. Around 190 million people — more than half the ...

Extreme cold warnings were in place for millions from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, as communities across the eastern third of the United States repaired damage from a huge winter ...

John Pelissero is a political scientist and is the former director of government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are his own. But all too frequently, ...