A 40-year-old Hispanic man from Massachusetts is the state's first confirmed case of silicosis from working with engineered ...

A popular material for kitchen countertops has been linked to a life-threatening lung disease, silicosis. Health officials in ...

Learn how air pollution causes COPD and affects lung health. Take important steps to improve indoor and outdoor air quality ...

Lung cancer is often associated with cigarette smoking, but various other factors can contribute to the development of this disease. Understanding these factors is crucial for prevention and early ...

Also known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, black lung disease (or miner’s lung) is typically the result of inhaling coal dust for many years that causes scarring in the lungs and makes breathing ...

When lungs fail to maintain vital oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, respiratory failure occurs, posing a serious threat. This ...

Officially known as bronchiolitis obliterans, popcorn lung is a rare but serious and irreversible disease that damages the ...

Cold air can irritate the airways that carry air into the lungs, potentially causing symptoms like coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.

Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) leaves lungs vulnerable to damage. Dr. Malik Khurram Khan, who leads UK's advanced COPD ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an infection that affects your lungs, nose, throat, and breathing passages. You get it when infected droplets enter your nose, eyes, or mouth. This might happen ...

A ministerial claim that there is no direct correlation between air pollution and lung disease contradicts decades of global ...