common cold

It’s not called the “common” cold for nothing—at some point just about everyone gets one, and many people get more than one cold each year. Sometimes colds, which are the body’s way of dealing with viruses in our upper-respiratory tract, …

The causes:

There are more than 200 different viruses that cause colds and this is one of the reasons we get so many. Top of the list are rhinoviruses, but corona viruses, adenoviruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can all …