COVID has always been more than a bad bout of flu. As the pandemic’s acute waves recede, a different crisis is coming into ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are investigating how mechanical forces—such as stretching and changes in tissue stiffness—influence viral infection rates in the lungs to understand ...

Types of Lung Disease and How They Disrupt the Way We Breathe: By Vagisha Jha Breathing is something we rarely think about, until it becomes difficult. Our lungs work tirelessly every second, drawing ...

Hadi Nia, Ph.D. wanted to learn about the inner workings of the lung in a way nobody had, but he knew he’d need something close to a crystal ball to see what was really happening. That idea, it turns ...

Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the course ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

Smoking and vaping have become prevalent habits, globally impacting millions of people. While both activities are often seen as means to relax or socialize, their effects on lung health are ...

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...