The likelihood of getting a cold from someone else and how long it takes to catch it depends on many factors, including your overall health and how long the person who exposed you has been sick.

We've all wondered if you actually can catch a cold just from being out in cold weather - and now Dr Amir Khan has revealed whether it really is true or not. It's that time of year again when we ...

People have long associated being cold with getting sick. With the advent of germ theory, doctors and scientists began to suspect that it wasn’t the temperature itself making people fall ill, but ...

Catching a cold from getting cold, or getting wet, sounds like an old wives’ tale but actually there may be more to it as Dr Saleyha Ahsan reveals. Research from the Common Cold Research ...

There’s no scientific evidence that you will catch a cold if you step outside with wet hair. SHOTPRIME STUDIO – stock.adobe.com “The belief that you can catch a cold by going outside with ...

Do you find yourself constantly fighting off a cold in the winter months? You might have wondered if this is because you’re not wrapping up properly when you’re outside or because you haven ...

Contrary to popular belief, cold weather cannot make you sick, at least not directly. "My mother used to say that I was going to catch a cold going out into wet winter weather, and I'd tell her ...

No truth in that one. You don't catch a cold because your immune system is weakened. However, if you keep a strong healthy immune system through healthy activities, such as exercise, regular ...

Wilmington ranked first as the least likely city to catch a cold, according to a new study. The study was based on 15 factors that affect cold susceptibility, including population density ...