Understanding Lung Infections What Leads to Lung Infections? Although smoking is widely recognized as a significant contributor to various lung ailments, non-smokers are also susceptible to lung ...

Causes of Lung Infection: While smoking is considered a major risk factor for various lung diseases, non-smokers can also develop lung infections. Lung infections can affect people of any age and stem ...

When living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you can help prevent lung infections by quitting smoking and avoiding irritants such as secondhand smoke and strong scents. It’s ...

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 in Cell Host & ...

A little-known chronic lung disease is silently emerging as a growing public health threat in the U.S. and around the world.

A lung abscess is a cavity with a well-defined wall that develops in the lung due to microbial infection. This most commonly occurs with polymicrobial aerobic and anerobic infections related to ...

A 3D reconstruction of a mouse lung four days after infection with fluorescent Sendai virus reveals widespread virus presence (red) and active replication (green). A study by researchers at WashU ...

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have achieved the first comprehensive analysis of tissue-resident memory T cells (TRM cells) in human lung tissue. The researchers found that ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are investigating how mechanical forces—such as stretching and changes in tissue stiffness—influence viral infection rates in the lungs to understand ...

Researchers reported a novel "total artificial lung" approach to extracorporeal support for a patient who needed bilateral lung transplantation due to infection. Similar cases have been reported with ...

On September 24, the American Lung Association will host its fourth Respiratory Advocacy Day, bringing people living with a ...