Also known as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, black lung disease (or miner’s lung) is typically the result of inhaling coal dust for many years that causes scarring in the lungs and makes breathing ...

Lung disease is a silent and often deadly threat that lurks in the lives of smokers. For many, smoking is a habit formed over years, becoming a part of their daily routine. However, the consequences ...

Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the course ...

Health officials say black lung disease can be deadly and can continue to worsen even after a miner leaves the mines.

For most Americans, the letters "NTM" don’t mean anything. But for tens of thousands of people across the country, they represent something serious: a chronic lung disease that’s often overlooked, ...

Many calves develop pneumonia days before showing symptoms. Lung ultrasounds are helping veterinarians detect the hidden ...

What happens inside the lungs before COVID-19 symptoms appear? Research in mink offers a rare window into the early stages of ...

Lung diseases like tuberculosis and cystic fibrosis can be difficult to treat. In part, that's because the two-dimensional models researchers use to study the diseases don't accurately reflect the ...

—Investigators in Argentina recently examined a small subset of patients with immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and pulmonary findings to learn more about this immune-mediated, multiorgan ...