Researchers have uncovered changes in the cellular response throughout lung damage caused by SARS-CoV-2—the virus behind ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers ...

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.

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In the 1980s, when Stella Kourembanas, MD, began her career in neonatology, she cared for newborns with pulmonary ...

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.

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Pope Francis, 88, has pneumonia in both lungs after a bronchitis flare-up. Pneumonia, caused by bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, is treatable with medication and proper medical care. Listen to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after tests confirmed ...

LONDON — Vatican officials said late Tuesday that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery. The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized Friday after a ...