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Children are not just small adults. This is why, especially when it comes to caring for their health, they need specialized doctors. As any pediatric pulmonologist will tell you, children’s lungs are a great example of this basic truth

The federal agency with the legal mandate to protect coal miners from the coal mine dust that causes black lung disease won’t respond to news of the highest rates of the incurable disease since the 1970’s

In conversations about healthy aging, our lungs are often overlooked, with other body systems being prioritized. This blind spot can pave the way for the development and worsening of debilitating respiratory diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To plan for a healthy future, lungs must become part of the aging conversation

Helen Sabin was told by specialists she had just five years to live when she was diagnosed with a rare lung condition in 2008

California identified nearly 600 cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, among workers in the state who fabricated engineered-stone countertops since the start of 2019, according to a new public health report

Dennis Schmidt started smoking as a teenager, when that was so unexceptional that his Catholic high school designated outdoor “senior smoking quarters,” where students in their final year could take cigarette breaks. He smoked a pack of menthols daily for nearly 40 years

PETALING JAYA: The haze now hitting the country is not just bad for people with asthma and respiratory infections, but could also be dangerous for older folk who are frail, live alone or have dementia

Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections have become an increasing concern for people with chronic lung disease, in part because the infections can linger despite months of antibiotic treatment. Among the most common culprits is Mycobacterium avium, which can trigger persistent inflammation in the lungs and leave patients with ongoing symptoms even when antimicrobial therapy is underway

On this West Virginia Morning, federal health researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have a new report about black lung disease among the most experienced coal miners in Appalachia. They are suffering from the incurable disease at the highest rates in nearly half a century. For the Appalachia + Mid-South…

New Study: Black Lung Disease Rate in Appalachia Is the Worst in Nearly 50 Years as Coal Miner Protections Stall | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series