A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, raising the risk of life-threatening sepsis, new research reveals.

Researchers at Texas A&M University model extreme conditions using 3D bioprinting, revealing insights that could make flight ...

Takanori Takebe’s strange investigation into whether humans can use the gut for breathing has surprisingly sentimental origins: helping his dad.

A Phoenix doctor helped develop live-saving treatment for a dangerous heart condition called mitral annular calcification, or ...

Pulmonary diseases pose a major health problem worldwide with millions of affected individuals and dire economic impact.

Prominent Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infections emerging therapies include ALIS, Antimycobacterial regimen, ...

MannKind has made the decision to discontinue the ICoN-1 Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating nebulized clofazimine inhalation ...

The rise of infections caused by Mgen, C. auris, treatment-resistant E. coli, and more could become future public-health threats, experts say.

Pope Francis has been in hospital in Rome since Friday, when he was diagnosed with a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection. Given he is 88 and has one lung, he faces greater risks from the ...

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 ...

After Hollywood icon Diane Keaton died from bacterial pneumonia, doctors are raising awareness about the symptoms of the infection and how it can turn fatal in a matter of days. “Working as a ...