New research reveals that severe COVID-19 pneumonia can cause lasting lung damage, primarily due to impaired pulmonary ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is an ongoing group of lung conditions that include chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is the result of damaged lung tissue, which leads to ...

Both Larsen and Schuchat said that they are concerned about any lasting lung damage in people who develop the severe lung illness. Larsen said that the samples showed tissue damage and cell death ...

Lung cancer is often caused by cigarette smoking. Tobacco smoke contains carcinogens. These are substances that cause cancer. They damage lung cells, and over time the damaged cells can turn into lung ...

Even after patients recover from COVID-19, damage to their lungs can linger for months after they have been released from the hospital, according to a recent study. A group of researchers at ...