Wildfires Have Lasting Effects on Lung Health

Wildfires Have Lasting Effects on Lung Health

“Wildfire smoke is not a fleeting inconvenience. It is a lasting, insidious threat,” said Mary McGowan,…

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Refiloe Masekela, MD, PhD, to Receive the 2025 World Lung Health Award

Refiloe Masekela, MD, PhD, to Receive the 2025 World Lung Health Award

Newswise — NEW YORK, NY (May xx, 2025) — The American Thoracic Society is proud to…

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Participation in Lung Health Cohort Research Study Leads to Early Cancer Diagnosis

Participation in Lung Health Cohort Research Study Leads to Early Cancer Diagnosis

When a family member of a close friend, also in her 30s, was diagnosed with lung…

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Coal miners’ health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC : Shots

Coal miners’ health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC : Shots

A NIOSH Black Lung surveillance van at the fire station in Wharton, W.Va. Howard Berkes /…

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Universal screening approach achieves a comparable detection rate of lung cancer

Universal screening approach achieves a comparable detection rate of lung cancer

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research led by Professors Jianxing He and Wenhua Liang from the First…

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Vapers at Risk of Irreversible Disease, Experts Warn : ScienceAlert

Vapers at Risk of Irreversible Disease, Experts Warn : ScienceAlert

A US teenager was recently reported to have developed the oddly named medical condition “popcorn lung”…

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