Adults on average get one or two colds per year, with children getting up to six, and they usually last four to five days.

The common cold affects adults one to two times per year and children up to six times, but many misconceptions persist about ...

It may say spring on the calendar, but colds, flu and COVID are still making people ill. What you should know.

However, unusually cold events are often portrayed as being made worse by human activity, as a result of increased variability or a disruption of the “polar vortex” in a fast-warming world. There is ...

Sleep-deprived night shift nurses are at greater risk for the common cold and other infectious diseases, a new study says. Shift work and its impact on quality sleep can wreak havoc on nurses ...

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H. Andrewes, of the National Institute for Medical Research, is an admirable summary of the essential features of our knowledge of that world-wide scourge, the common cold ; and nobody is better ...

If you purchased cold and flu products from the popular brand Zicam, you could be entitled to money. Zicam's manufacturer Church & Dwight Co. has agreed to settle a $6million class action suit ...

It’s peak cold and flu season, but before you grab that nasal wash to clear up your stuffy nose, you might want to take a closer look at the label. Ascent Consumer Products Inc. is voluntarily ...

Meanwhile, the Patient’s Friends Hospital in Gaza City has been struggling to treat the children exposed to the extreme cold. (AP video/Wafaa Shurafa) A two-month-old Palestinian baby, Eila Sarsak, ...

"Wet hair does not directly have any bearing on catching a cold. A cold is caused by viruses, typically rhinovirus." Mayo Clinic explains: "Many viruses can cause a common cold. Rhinoviruses are the ...