Using a laboratory model of the human nose, scientists have investigated why the severity of common-cold infections varies so widely between individuals.

Who knows why different people have different symptoms with the common cold? Well, a new study used laboratory-grown noses ...

In the mid-1950s, scientist Winston Price identified a virus responsible for the common cold. Price dubbed his discovery the ‘JH virus' in honor of his employer (Johns Hopkins University), and set out ...

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 ...