A COVID-19 study done at the University of Virginia (UVA) has the potential to create new treatment approaches for chronic ...

Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes.

Changes in the cellular response during lung damage caused by SARS-CoV-2 – the virus behind COVID-19 – have been uncovered.

“One big difference is that whales are often traveling thousands of miles across ocean basins–great whales undertake the ...

Discover how deep breathing supports lung health by clearing toxins, improving oxygen flow, and promoting relaxation for better respiratory function.

Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung ...

Atelectasis (pronounced at-uh-LEK-tuh-sis) is a term for the partial or complete collapse of the small airways in the lungs. Atelectasis can be due to tumors growing in lung tissue or an airway.

What is the immune system? The immune system works to keep germs and other foreign substances out of the body and destroy any that get in. It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs. It ...

Long COVID is the chronic manifestation of lasting symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection that can last for at least 3 months, with shortness of breath and system inefficiency often remaining central issues ...

Columnist Caroline Gainer remembers her years living in a steel town, and particularly how it almost assuredly hurt her lungs ...

June 14, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new nanomedicine therapy that delivers anticancer drugs to lung cancer cells and enhances the immune system's ability to fight cancer. The team ...

said Friday the biggest threat facing Francis was that some of the germs that are currently located in his respiratory system pass into the bloodstream, causing sepsis. Sepsis can lead to organ ...