Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to ...

The lungs expand when we inhale and contract when we exhale. The tissue and the interface respond with resistance to this movement.    The fluid on the surface of the lungs reduces this resistance, ...

Eating fruit may help lessen the harmful impact of air pollution on the lungs, according to findings shared at the European Respiratory Society Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The work was ...

The total market capitalization of China’s publicly listed biotech firms has reached $1.5 trillion, second only to that of the United States. As China surges, many traditional American strengths have ...

Researchers at UVA Health are working on a new way to detect a serious lung disease before it becomes dangerous. The disease, ...

Coal miners and their families gathered in front of the Labor Department to urge the Trump administration to impose a rule on ...

In a rally outside the U.S. Department of Labor, miners and their advocates stressed the need to limit silica exposure and ...

Miners, their supporters and medical experts rallied in Washington, calling on the Trump administration to enforce black lung ...

Wildfire smoke is bad for kids’ health. These moms are asking Congress to help. When 14-year-old Oscar came home from his ...

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits ...

What if scientists could build a realistic model of the human lung, not full-sized, but grown in the lab from living cells?

Ventilators can assist with lung function for those with severe respiratory infections, and it's often necessary in the ICU.