A sniffle here, a cough there and suddenly a cold has come. What to do? Here’s how to treat — and not treat — a cold. A: The “common cold” lasts three to 10 days, though a cough can stick around ...

If you get sick with a cold during the summer, it might catch you by surprise. It turns out those rays of sunshine can’t protect you from the pesky viruses that cause the common cold. And while it’s ...

With the arrival of cooler weather, the season of hacking and sniffling is here. Once again, haggard-looking people roam the aisles of American pharmacies, clutching tissues and looking for relief — ...

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 ...