Scientists have warned there is a 'severe risk' of catching a cold this week as nine million people across Britain suffer from the virus. They issued the health alert as the recent icy weather ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — In most people, the lung-infecting pathogens known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) trigger mild cold-like symptoms. But in infants and ...

“A lot of the symptoms we experience when we have a cold are due to our immune response, and not the virus itself,” explains Dr Lindsay Broadbent, a lecturer in virology at the University of ...