Applications are open now for the AARP Purpose Prize, which honors people 50 and older who tap into life experience to build ...

To prevent colds, keeping your immunity up before September and onwards may steer a virus away. Learn about cold prevention ...

On average, adults have two to three colds a year. Children tend to have six to 10 colds a year. A sore throat is often the first sign of a common cold. The virus infects the lining of the throat ...

— The flu, caused by influenza viruses that are always changing, leads to fever, chills, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body ...

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Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes cold-like symptoms in most people but can ...

Catching the “common cold” means you’ve been infected with an upper respiratory virus. Unlike the name implies, the common cold can be caused by more than 200 hundred different viruses ...

Cases of HMPV have doubled in the UK since early December with many Brits having been struck down in the country with ...

As colder weather sets in, common illnesses such as the cold, flu, RSV and COVID-19 viruses are making their way around Oregon. Here's what to know.