Researchers have discovered a new bacterial killer that can target common lung infection caused by Burkholderia bacteria that has exciting potential for biotechnological applications. Researchers have ...

A severe case of COVID-19 or influenza could increase the risk of lung cancer later on, according to new research. Scientists discovered that serious viral infections can alter immune cells in the ...

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is group of organisms causing a bacterial infection that leads to lung disease. MAC is noncontagious and made up of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), which are ...

A recent study has found that severe cases COVID-19 or influenza can leave lasting changes in the lungs that increase the risk of lung cancer years later. The study was conducted by researchers from ...

After lung transplantation, infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa independently predicted antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), researchers found. Through a series of mouse-model studies, the researchers ...

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...

Conventional life support proved ineffective, as the necrotising lung tissue remained a primary source of systemic infection.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is 94 and has been in hospital since Saturday for tests, has suffered a recurrence of a lung infection but is responding to ...

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

Severe covid and flu infections may raise the risk of developing lung cancer years later, researchers at the University of ...

A UVA Health study finds severe viral infections can prime the lungs for cancer, but vaccination appears to reduce that risk.