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.

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 ...

Researchers have discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs' protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19. Investigators involved in a multicenter study ...

Arthritis drugs already available for prescription have the potential to halt lingering lung problems that can last months or years after COVID-19 infections, new research from the University of ...

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 ...

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

CHARLOTTESVILLE – University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified a potential treatment for the respiratory symptoms of long COVID after discovering an unknown cause of the ...

What Is Jascayd, and Why Does It Matter? Jascayd (nerandomilast) is a new oral medicine approved to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in adults. IPF is a rare and serious condition that causes ...

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 ...

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

Marit's lung condition has worsened, and her doctors are considering a lung transplant, the royal palace announced Friday.