The long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people around the world suffer from long COVID-19.

CHARLOTTESVILLE – UVA Health researchers have discovered a potential way to predict which patients with severe COVID-19 are likely to recover well and which are likely to suffer “long-haul” lung ...

LUBBOCK, Texas. - A Texas doctor is noticing a pattern in her patients that could reveal another possible devastating side effect of COVID-19: severely scarred lungs. Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, a ...

When breathing becomes increasingly difficult with no clear explanation, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) might be the culprit behind the concerning symptoms. This rare yet devastating lung disease ...

A metro woman was given a few years to live in 2022, after being diagnosed with a serious lung disease. However, thanks to a ...

Feeling breathless all day can be linked to smoking, a major cause of lung damage, COPD, and lung cancer. Cigarette smoke ...

An Oklahoma City woman who was once told she was too old for a lung transplant is now celebrating a second chance at life after receiving a lifesaving double lung transplant.

Pulmonary fibrosis—also known in technical terms as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)—is a rare but life-threatening ...

Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a condition that causes tiny groups of immune cells to clump in your lungs. These groups of cells form swollen, inflamed lumps called granulomas. Granulomas can make it hard ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Harish Narasimhan, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) The long-term effects of ...