Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized way that human airways protect lungs from infection—through the action of cilia, tiny hair-like structures lining the respiratory tract.

Emily and Tyler Carlin were on a vacation weekend four hours from their home in Chesapeake when their 2-year-old, Holden, nearly drowned in a backyard pool. Emily, 31, posted the details of the ...

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Researchers are making ever more sophisticated mini organs in the lab — and now they can grow their own blood vessels. The ...

Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) are parenchymal lung changes found on high-resolution CT. In routine use of high-resolution CT, non-specific findings are frequently reported, which has prompted ...

A nitric acid plant in a rural corner of Greene County, Tennessee has leaked chemicals into the air and water several times ...

In the late 2010s, when Assistant Professor Flavio Lehner worked for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, ...

Exposure to a common fungal molecule can reprogram immune cells in the lungs, causing them to overreact to infection-like ...

The Trump administration says it will uphold a Biden-era ban on the ongoing use of asbestos after previously saying it would ...

Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 lifetime cancer cases in the U.S., finds a new peer-reviewed ...

Lung conditions, like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are more common in women than men. Stephanie Harris ...

Research led by the Joldasbekov Institute of Mechanics and Engineering in Kazakhstan, reports that camel milk intake ...