Human lung organoids with a built-in immune system could transform respiratory disease research

A new organoid model built with human lung fragments may help us answer key questions about one of the body's first lines of ...

Pennsylvanians reminded of benefits of updated COVID-19, flu vaccines as respiratory virus season begins

To showcase the wide availability and importance of receiving updated vaccines for COVID-19 and flu as respiratory virus ...

Even brief e-cigarette use hurts lungs, ability to fight viruses

A new study suggests even brief e-cigarette use can cause lung distress and suppress the immune response to viral infections.

Prepping for Fall: It Is Time for Everyone to Get Their Annual Respiratory Virus Vaccines

September marks the unofficial start of the respiratory virus season and the potential for related spikes in influenza (flu), ...
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Respiratory illness season begins to ramp up now. Here’s what’s already starting to hit

Despite a relatively slow start to respiratory disease season, low vaccination rates threaten that trend and the rapid rise of some illnesses is already putting children at increased risk. Overall, ...

Airway lining fights infection by physically removing infected cells, experiments show

The epithelium, a layer of cells that forms a protective barrier between the body and the outside world, was the first ...

How does NC rank for risk of lung disease? Among the worst, new study suggests

North Carolina has the 12th-highest risk for lung disease, Mesothelioma Center says.

One in four at risk of lung disease

PETALING JAYA: At least one in four people screened under the Health Ministry's integrated lung health programme have ...