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Learn more about the common cold, the viruses that cause it, and why it’s so difficult to find a vaccine for it. In the mid-1950s, scientist Winston Price identified a virus responsible for the common ...

A new study helps explain why you get sick from a common cold virus. The secret, it turns out, lies inside your nose. Winter brings a surge of respiratory illnesses, including rhinoviruses, the most ...