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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...