Today is World Bronchiectasis Day, an observance to raise awareness about a lesser-known chronic lung disease that affects between 350,000 and 500,000 adults in the United States. To educate adults ...

Current asthma rates are not the same across demographic groups. This page describes current asthma rates, defined as those who have ever been diagnosed with asthma by a healthcare professional and ...

A breakdown of how each state restricts smoking in public spaces.

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is the idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia (OP) and is considered a rare type of interstitial lung disease. OP, including COP, is a lung disease where ...

The "e-juice" that fills e-cigarette cartridges usually contains nicotine (which is extracted from tobacco), propylene glycol, flavorings and other chemicals. Studies have found that even e-cigarettes ...

American Lung Association provides valuable resources for lung cancer patients and healthcare professionals, including downloadable information, online videos, lung cancer research news and much more.

Even though lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., many people don’t know much about it. Unfortunately, lack of symptoms often means that lung cancer can go undiagnosed or ...

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, is one of over 200 types of pulmonary fibrosis and is classified as an interstitial lung disease. Your healthcare provider may refer to your ...

Symptoms of Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis Symptoms of black lung disease can take years to develop. In early stages, the most common symptoms are cough, shortness of breath and chest tightness.

If you have a milder form of aspergillosis and are experiencing few symptoms, the infection may not require treatment and could eventually clear up on its own. A single fungal ball, for example, may ...

Fend Off Flu is an educational campaign with a goal of increasing influenza vaccination rates. Influenza is a serious and highly contagious respiratory illness that can affect anyone, however, there ...

Crowd control agents, often referred to as "tear gas," are chemicals that cause skin, respiratory, and eye irritation. Some of the most common chemicals used are chloroacetophenone (CN)—which is a ...