Smoking and tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, with few groups as heavily ...

RSV is a common cause of lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia. RSV can be dangerous for certain high-risk adults. Up to 160,000 older adults are hospitalized in the United States each ...

In recent years, considerable progress has been made in the early detection and treatment of lung cancer. Unfortunately, this progress has not been shared equally. Lung cancer still places a ...

Dr. Polverino answers your most pressing questions about bronchitis, how contagious it is and when it may cause more serious ...

The American Lung Association State of the Air report issues an annual report card for all cities and counties where air quality data is collected on ozone and particle pollution.

Did You Know? Nearly four in ten people in the U.S. live where the air they breathe earned an F in "State of the Air" 2024. More than 131 million people live in counties that received an F for either ...

Ozone and short-term particle pollution. The data on air quality throughout the United States were obtained from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality System (AQS). The American Lung ...

Pulmonary rehab is the best kept secret of pulmonary medicine. Or at least that is what Connie Paladenech, the Manager at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Center ...

The American Lung Association calls for the following actions to be taken by Rhode Island's elected officials to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke: Ensure all Rhode Islanders have a ...

The American Lung Association calls for the following actions to be taken by New York's elected officials to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke: Preserve funding for the New York ...