COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. It can do a lot of damage to your respiratory tract, which includes your lungs. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is part of the coronavirus family. When the ...

Respiratory infections refer to any infections of the respiratory system. They can affect your throat, sinuses, lungs, or airways. They're common for people of all ages and aren’t usually serious. But ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Smoking could definitely have an impact on whether people get the coronavirus and how fast they recover, experts say. There’s little research on this yet, but there are some ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed an experimental nasal vaccine that shielded mouse lungs for at least three months against a striking range of respiratory threats, from SARS-CoV-2 and ...

Breathing mold into the lungs, especially for a long period of time, may trigger allergic reactions and worsen symptoms of asthma and other respiratory conditions. Some types of mold may cause ...

Air trapping occurs when air stays in the lungs instead of being fully exhaled. This causes overinflation of the lungs, making a person feel short of breath. It may be the result of lung disease or ...

The reason some people who have never smoked a cigarette develop a smoking-related illness may be due to the size of their respiratory system. People who have small airways relative to their lung size ...

Dylan Bailey, M.S., R.D., F.A.N.D. Contributor Dylan is a registered dietitian and fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics who works to ensure accuracy in reporting science and research ...

Statement: A “well-crafted garlic salve” can “heal any ailment of the lungs and respiratory system.” As the United States is in the midst of a winter "tripledemic" with rising cases of COVID-19, ...

Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Reporting in the journal Med, surgeons describe how they ...