Nasal irrigation has been used to treat the common cold for thousands of years, and modern science shows that it works.

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Relly Ladner clutched her shin on the soccer field. At 17 years old, and training with her team, she was suddenly feeling a ...

Prior exposure to coronaviruses that cause ordinary colds can boost the immune system's ability to attack a vulnerable site ...

Scientists discover the immune system's response to flu and COVID infections could trigger sleeping cancer cells to become ...

Researchers have solved the first step in treating the common cold, by mapping its entire genome, or genetic map, teams from the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison reported ...

Certain viruses could make people more susceptible to heart disease, new research suggests. An independent study showed that people who contracted COVID or influenza faced a "dramatically" greater ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What is the difference between a cold and the flu? -- A.T.R. ANSWER: Both colds and influenza (the “flu”) are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused ...

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, decide what to do. If the cell quickly self-destructs, that will prevent ...

Viruses are masters at taking over our cells: They disable our defenses and hijack the cellular machinery in order to multiply successfully. For example, the herpes simplex virus 1, which causes ...