Any parent of young children can tell you kids are more susceptible to common colds than adults. But a new study suggests that susceptibility to a variety of respiratory infections may be part of what ...

Each winter, cold and flu season reaches its peak. That leaves a lot of people dealing with coughing, sneezing and fevers. People often take fever reducers to lower their body temperature when they’re ...

It’s peak cold and flu season in the northern hemisphere. These respiratory viruses and other infectious pathogens are spread through close contact and/or touching contaminated surfaces. Many people ...

The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human immune system is still “mind-blowing” for molecular biologist Joshua W. Modell ...