While cold weather does not directly cause a cold, the viruses that cause colds may spread more easily in lower temperatures. Various steps can help a person avoid getting sick during the colder ...

MedUni Vienna has developed a method that can be used to identify individual rhinovirus strains ("cold viruses") as a cause of asthma. A "chip" is used to clearly identify certain virus strains by ...

We can propel humans into space and perform complex organ transplants, but somehow we still don’t have a vaccine for the common cold. While certainly not the deadliest virus facing humankind, colds ...

Rhinoviruses and/or enteroviruses persisted during the pandemic for children and adolescents, according to a study published online Feb. 7 in JAMA Network Open. Danielle A. Rankin, Ph.D., M.P.H., from ...

In a recent article posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, scientists demonstrated the use of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) as a wide-spectrum antiviral agent targeting viruses such as severe acute ...

Rhinoviruses infect the epithelial cells of the respiratory tract. The viruses can be grouped according to the epithelial cell receptors to which they bind. Major-group viruses bind to the cell ...

Time and again, Martin Moore’s children get sick with a cold. He hauls them to their doctor, who then informs him that there’s nothing to be done aside from taking them home and waiting it out. The ...

For years, researchers have struggled to discern whether temperature has anything to do with normal seasonal fluctuations in viruses—what the cold has to do with catching colds. And according to new ...

Many areas of England are bustling once again with retail and hospitality back open for business. Easing the coronavirus restrictions has provided much needed relief after months of being locked down ...