Researchers found that cold is detected differently in the skin than in internal organs. This split system helps explain why ...

Cold air can irritate the airways that carry air into the lungs, potentially causing symptoms like coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.

Vitamin C may help shorten how long cold symptoms last and their severity when used before cold symptoms start, but not after a cold begins.

A cold typically resolves after about a week, although congestion, cough, and runny nose can linger. Your cold may be improving if you have more energy and your symptoms are milder. Generally, these ...

The National Weather Service uses Cold Weather Alerts to delineate the degrees of danger associated with cold temperatures.

Researchers have uncovered that the body uses different molecular systems to sense cold in the skin versus internal organs.

It’s no cure — or even a way to prevent colds — but if taken correctly, zinc might help ease symptoms a bit earlier.

When you start to feel a cold coming on, it’s understandable to feel annoyed. After all, colds are miserable, leaving you with a stuffy nose, achy throat, and cough for days. With that, you may wonder ...

Most adults have had a cold sore at some point—cold sores are very common. But what can you do as a parent if your child develops cold sores? Pediatrician Dr. Cindy Gellner explains how core sores are ...

Cold weather has a way of lowering standards and raising cravings at the exact same time. You’ll wear the same sweater three days in a row, but somehow expect your food to deliver emotional warmth, ...

While both infections may cause a sore throat, unlike a cold, strep throat does not cause a cough and runny nose. Additionally, strep can cause tiny red spots on the roof of the mouth called petechiae ...

Cold sores are painful and oozing, and they always seem to appear before that wedding or class reunion. Also called fever blisters, the small, fluid-filled lesions typically form near or on your lips ...