Your mom probably used to assure you that doing this one thing was guaranteed to make you sick. But is it true ... otherwise you’ll catch a cold!” With cold and flu season well underway ...

You may have grown up hearing that if you went outside in the cold weather without wearing a jacket, you’d get sick. But is this just an old wive’s tale, or does cold weather really make you sick?

Viruses need a host to replicate, and they can survive outside only briefly. When people sick with a common cold or COVID-19 cough or sneeze, they let out respiratory droplets containing the virus ...

But is the cold weather really what makes you sick? Steve Dale from WGN Radio spoke with Dr. Mattew Kippenhan from Northwestern Medicine to find the answer. According to Kippenhan, while more ...

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