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.

After lung transplantation, infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa independently predicted antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), researchers found. Through a series of mouse-model studies, the researchers ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously ...

A new study meticulously sampled different lung regions in people with cystic fibrosis to understand why infections persist after new treatments. The research report was published Aug. 5 in Cell Host ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can damage the heart even without directly infecting the heart tissue, a new study has found. The research specifically looked at damage to the hearts of ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Medical researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School say a woman died last fall from COVID-19 after receiving a coronavirus-tainted double-lung transplant. The donor ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For the first time, surgeons in Chicago used breast implants and an artificial lung to save a young man's life. The longtime smoker, and vaper, needed the transplant after getting ...

David Bauer started smoking cigarettes when he was 21 years old. The 34-year-old, who goes by Davey, smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day while maintaining an otherwise healthy, active lifestyle of ...