Mice engineered to develop Alzheimer’s-like disease lost cognitive function faster when infected with a common herpesvirus, ...

Scientists were pleased when they learned more about how the common cold gains a foothold in the body, identifying key cellular checkpoints that are important targets of the virus. But the real ...

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 a rhinovirus, the most frequent cause of the common cold, infects the lining of our nasal passages, our cells work together to fight the virus by triggering an arsenal of antiviral defenses. In a ...

Catching the “common cold” means you’ve been infected with an upper respiratory virus. Unlike the name implies, the common cold can be caused by more than 200 hundred different viruses, including ...

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 ...