Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Food & Wine / Getty Images Have you ever noticed everyone seems to be sick in February? That’s not just your perception. According ...

Pharmacists are regularly facing pressure from patients to prescribe antibiotics for common colds, a new survey reveals. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) polled around 400 pharmacists, finding ...

The common cold looks trivial compared with illnesses that fill intensive care units, yet it still knocks out workers, empties classrooms and costs health systems huge sums every winter. Despite ...

Researchers at two California universities say they may be close to finding the elusive cure for the common cold. The secret, they say, lies in humans, not the virus itself. Stanford Medicine, working ...

You wake up with a stuffy nose, a scratchy throat, and that unmistakable feeling of a cold coming on. Your first thought? “Maybe I should get antibiotics to knock this out quickly.” But here’s the ...

People may experience excess gas when sick with a cold due to swallowed air, compromised immune function, or stress-related symptoms. The common cold is a viral infection affecting the upper ...