Experts at Stanford Medicine in the US have developed a universal vaccine that could be given as a nasal spray and could protect against a wide range of respiratory viruses ...

From the flu to the common cold, viruses keep knocking out Minnesotans this winter. A physician with Hennepin Healthcare breaks down how long an individual may be contagious after they start to feel ...

When you have a cold or the flu, you'll do just about anything to get over the illness quickly. You might feel inclined to ...

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When the common cold rips through a household, it can leave a wildly uneven path of symptoms. The same cold-causing rhinovirus that produces barely a sniffle in one person can cause a week of ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after infection, according to a new study that may help tackle the pathogen. Viruses ...

MADISON (WKOW) — When flu season arrives every fall and winter, many people wonder if the cold air is the main cause.

According to the CDC it’s been a rough cold and flu season, and it’s a long way from being over, but you can take steps to protect yourself ...

Researchers recovered a 250-year-old cold virus from preserved lung tissue, offering rare insight into how respiratory viruses evolved.

Finding rhinoviruses, which cause the common cold, in preserved medical specimens and analysing their RNA genome could let us ...

It is hoped that in the next few years, the vaccine could replace multiple jabs for winter respiratory infections.