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Almost 40% of Americans Live With Dirty Air: Report
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 – Nearly 40% of Americans live where the air is polluted enough to harm them, a new report warns. In the American Lung Association's “State of the Air” report, released Wed...
COVID Does Not Spur Asthma in Kids, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 – There’s no evidence that a COVID infection increases the risk of asthma in children, the first study to date on the subject finds. “We knew from a number of really nice st...
Antibiotics Probably Won't Ease Your Cough, Even If Infection is Bacterial: Study
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 – Doctors sometimes prescribe antibiotics to help treat a cough, but a new study shows the drugs won’t help reduce the severity or duration of coughing – even if a bacterial i...
Roadside Trees, Bushes Are Cutting Air Pollution, Study Finds
WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2023 — Planting trees and bushes near busy highways helps clear the air of harmful air pollutants from motor vehicles, new research affirms. "They provide benefits that go beyond ...
Blood Test Might Spot Lung Damage Risk After Long COVID
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 – Fears that Long COVID patients might end up with long-term, potentially deadly lung scarring are unfounded, a new study concludes. The same team have come up with a blood...
Blood Test Might Spot Lung Damage Risk After Long COVID
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 – Fears that Long COVID patients might end up with long-term, potentially deadly lung scarring are unfounded, a new study concludes. The same team have come up with a blood...
There Are Multiple Child Asthma Triggers in Dirty Air
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 – There's a toxic stew of chemicals in polluted air that can all trigger asthma attacks in kids, new research shows. Also, where a child lives – for example, near factories...
Widening of Disparities in Pollution-Attributed Health Burden Observed
THURSDAY, March 14, 2024 – There has been a widening of racial and ethnic relative disparities in the pollution-attributable health burden within the United States, according to a study published...
Dirty Air Increasingly Affects Minority Communities
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 – Air pollution harms the health of everyone exposed to it, but a new study says communities of color are disproportionately harmed by dirty air. Smog causes nearly 8 times...
Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measures May Impact Treatment for Black Patients
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – In Black patients, Fick cardiac output (CO) may be underestimated using peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) versus arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2), according to a...
Substantial Disparities Seen in Travel Time to Pulmonary Rehabilitation
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 2024 – There are substantial geographic disparities in access to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs across the United States, according to a research letter published online...
Environmental Protection Agency Finalizes Stronger Air Quality Standards
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has introduced a tougher air quality standard that takes aim at fine particulate matter by lowering the allowable annual concentration...
Biden Administration to Tighten Air Pollution Standards
FRIDAY, Feb. 9, 2024 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is cracking down on air pollution. Specifically, the agency introduced a tougher air quality standard that takes...
Pulmonary Rehab Can Be Tough to Find for People With COPD
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 – Pulmonary rehabilitation can be a lifeline for millions of Americans coping with COPD or other chronic lung ailments. However, new research finds that travel time and cost...
Ozone-Linked Deaths on the Rise Globally
TUESDAY, Jan. 30, 2024 – Deaths related to ozone air pollution will rise significantly around the world during the next two decades due to climate change, a new study warns. Cities in North America,...
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