Here’s what causes colds to spread so easily, how long they are usually contagious and how they’re most commonly treated.

The common cold usually has distinct stages. Knowing these stages can help a person recognize when they may have caught a cold. Read this article to learn more.

Your cold symptoms may last for longer than 10 days. “We do see people all the time who have symptoms that persist for 14 [days] even out to three, four weeks,” says Wender.

According to the CDC, 22 million school days are lost annually in the United States because of the common cold. In the course of a year, people in the U.S. suffer 1 billion colds, ...

The most common cold viruses survive better outside the body. Also, cold weather may make the lining of your nose drier and more vulnerable to an infection by a virus. When to Call the Doctor ...

The common cold can cause slightly different symptoms depending on the person and the specific virus behind the infection. However, there is a set of frequently reported symptoms that most people ...

Winter can be a contagious time of year for everything from COVID-19 to the common cold, but there are ways to limit the risk ...

“The common cold, at least some varieties, is extremely contagious,” MacDonald wrote. ... Dry air—hot or cold—can reduce mucosal defenses, making people more susceptible to infections.

Recently, when it was Sax’s turn to host, one of the game’s regulars came down with a cold. The player, Sax told me, tested negative for COVID—but offered to stay home anyway. Sax took him ...

How these viruses jump from person to person. Both the common cold and COVID-19 spread through respiratory droplets expelled when an infected person coughs, sneezes, speaks, ...

Put three sick people in the same room this winter—one with COVID, another with a common cold, and the third with the flu—and “it’s way harder to tell the difference,” Chavez told me.