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Colds get better after a week or so. Other signs your cold is improving include mucus color, energy levels and less severe symptoms. Know the stages of a cold.

Coming down with a cold or the flu can muffle your hearing, but why?

Research published Friday shows various acute respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, influenza and the common cold, may present with long-term symptoms, similar to COVID-19. “Long cold” symptoms could linger for up to four weeks in some cases, much like “long COVID,” the UK-based researchers said. The study tracked more than 10,000 people with COVID and…

Common childhood illnesses that kids can pick up from school include the common cold, flu, strep throat, and conjunctivitis (pink eye).

Common childhood illnesses that kids can pick up from school include the common cold, flu, strep throat, and conjunctivitis (pink eye).

The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus - possibly one that causes the common cold - present in the same infected cells, according to researchers. This genetic sequence does not appear in any earlier versions of the coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, but is ubiquitous in many other viruses including those that cause the common cold, and also in the human genome, researchers sa...

The Omicron variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus - possibly one that causes the common cold - present in the same infected cells, according to researchers.

A beating heart — a symbol of life itself. Nothing goes in the body without it. In Good Shape takes a look at how we can keep our hearts as healthy as possible, and the warning signs which tell us it's time for a check-up.