Flu, COVID-19, the common cold and RSV have similarities, but they differ in their severity, contagiousness and symptoms.

There are plenty of over-the-counter remedies for the common cold, but some carry significant risks, and their efficacy is dubious. The latter applies to phenylephrine, an active ingredient in common ...

I have this theory that once you get sick in college, you never fully regain your health. You kind of just fluctuate between very sick, kind of sick and barely sick. Well, it’s November now! That ...

While there are certain nutrients are linked to helping recover from the cold faster, a "cure" has been notoriously hard to find. But it turns out scientists are getting pretty darn close, thanks to a ...

A new study gives interesting intel on the fastest way to recover from a cold: Take zinc. Here's how much you should take, and what foods can help. Researchers at the University of Helsinki rounded up ...

It's been several years since we were first told that the next best thing to a cure for the common cold was zinc, the essential mineral found in most throat lozenges. A couple years later the zinc rug ...

I loved the Beverly Hillbillies show when I was a kid. Do any of you remember that program? Granny was my favorite character. She reminded me of my own. I wanted to use a picture of Granny for this ...