Among healthy adults, inhaling wood smoke for 2 hours negatively impacted the lung microbiome by raising the amount of potentially harmful bacteria found 24 hours after exposure, according to a press ...

Dust from California’s drying Salton Sea doesn’t just smell bad. Scientists from UC Riverside found that breathing the dust can quickly re-shape the microscopic world inside the lungs. Genetic or ...

An invisible intruder puts the delicate balance in our lungs to the test: the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, harmless in nature, can become a serious danger if the immune system is weakened—and change ...

Northwestern University scientists have uncovered what they say may potentially be a previously unknown, hidden player in pneumonia. In their newly reported study, the scientists found that the lungs’ ...

Emerging insights into the gut-lung axis continue to open new possibilities for managing chronic respiratory diseases, from cystic fibrosis (CF) in the youngest patients to chronic obstructive ...

Aspergillus fumigatus can be found almost everywhere - in soil, compost or in the air. It is usually harmless for healthy people. However, in patients with a weakened immune system, it can cause ...