Sawyer Hawks, a pitcher for Vanderbilt baseball, honors his late mother, Jessica, with a tattoo representing her double lung transplant. Jessica Hawks battled cystic fibrosis her entire life ...

Researchers have found a potential new way to slow the progression of lung fibrosis and other fibrotic diseases by inhibiting the expression or function of Piezo2, a receptor that senses ...

The team revealed distinct phases where waves of immune responses give way to lung fibrosis—scarring of the lungs—in severe COVID-19. As part of the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium (UK ...

Researchers, involving experts at Newcastle University, have found distinct phases where waves of immune responses give way to lung fibrosis – scarring of the lungs – in severe cases of the disease.

But an infection can also lead to other issues, including lung and heart damage and microbiome changes in the gut, that may not always be recognized as long Covid but can still have a lasting ...

The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the U.S. five years ago this month, leaving not only lingering mental health effects but also long-term physical symptoms. One of those included a condition known as ...

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico. Hantavirus ...

The condition can significantly damage lung tissue, causing fluid to accumulate in the lungs, leading to serious lung and heart problems. Arakawa last left the Santa Fe, New Mexico, mansion she ...

I am a pulmonologist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and my research team and I are working to identify risk factors that may contribute to the development of pulmonary fibrosis.

Pliant Therapeutics has discontinued a phase 2b/3 trial after recording at least a 7% higher rate of adverse events tied to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the treatment arms compared to ...