Your mom probably used to assure you that doing this one thing was guaranteed to make you sick. But is it true? arthurhidden - stock.adobe.com It’s OK to brush off this advice. One piece of ...

“It’s cold. Florida-cold. Out-of-soup, tile-floors-are-hostile, socks-with-sandals cold,” the Charlotte County Public Safety account posted on social media with a blue chattering emoji with icicles ...

Catching a cold is almost a rite of passage for the chilly winter months when people and viruses are often in close quarters. And that’s especially true among children, who aren’t stingy about what ...

Learn how to steer clear of hypothermia, neuropathy, dehydration, illness, and falls in cold weather while you are undergoing treatment.

With colder weather approaching and coughs and sniffles starting to creep up across the U.S., we updated our seasonal risk model to estimate which states are most—and least—likely to catch a cold this ...

It’s a mystery that has puzzled families, classrooms and entire office buildings—why do some people seem to catch every sniffle, while others glide through cold season untouched? While most of us ...

Researchers in North Carolina have identified a key clue to why people keep catching colds over time. A Duke-led study found that a common cold virus changes over time, helping it slip past our immune ...

Wilmington ranked first as the least likely city to catch a cold, according to a new study. The study was based on 15 factors that affect cold susceptibility, including population density, air quality ...

One piece of "conventional wisdom" has echoed through households for generations, threatening those just trying to rush out the door. An internist weighs in on an eternal flu superstition. It’s OK to ...