Cold air can irritate the airways that carry air into the lungs, potentially causing symptoms like coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.

It’s no cure — or even a way to prevent colds — but if taken correctly, zinc might help ease symptoms a bit earlier.

Vitamin C may help shorten how long cold symptoms last and their severity when used before cold symptoms start, but not after a cold begins.

Researchers have uncovered that the body uses different molecular systems to sense cold in the skin versus internal organs.

When you start to feel a cold coming on, it’s understandable to feel annoyed. After all, colds are miserable, leaving you with a stuffy nose, achy throat, and cough for days. With that, you may wonder ...

The National Weather Service uses Cold Weather Alerts to delineate the degrees of danger associated with cold temperatures.

A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for ...

During the winter, you may struggle to feel warm no matter how much you bundle up. But some people actually break out in ...

Cold weather has a way of lowering standards and raising cravings at the exact same time. You’ll wear the same sweater three days in a row, but somehow expect your food to deliver emotional warmth, ...