The symptoms for a cats cold or upper respitory infection are: Watery eyes, congestion, sneezing. Take the cat to the vet, now with the economy the way it is, sometimes the vets will work with you on...
It is basically an upper respiratory infection and could be caused by a multiple of reasons. Your cat will show signs of a URI by a runny nose, watery goo-goo eyes and possible sneezing/ coughing....
No. There are very few diseases that can be transmitted from human to cat, or from cat to human. And the common cold is most definitely not one of them.