January is National Radon Action Month, and the American Lung Association is raising awareness of the potential health risks of radon and the importance of home testing. Exposure to radon is the ...

Objectives In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe exacerbations (ECOPDs) impose significant morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines emphasise using ECOPD history to ...

Children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA; Still disease) and those with rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive polyarthritis exhibiting high disease activity had higher serum ferritin ...

Roche’s hopes of getting its chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drug astegolimab to regulators this year have taken a hit after the anti-ST2 monoclonal antibody failed to reduce flare-ups in ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic pieces less than 5 millimeters in length. Coastal counties with very high marine microplastic levels had higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke compared to ...

Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of soot-like carbon deposits compared to cells taken from people who smoke but do not ...

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi announced that their Phase 3 clinical trial, AERIFY-1, showed a significant 27% reduction in moderate to severe exacerbations of COPD in former smokers treated ...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and PARIS, May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) and Sanofi today announced that a Phase 3 trial, AERIFY-1, evaluating the investigational use ...

May 23, 2025 -- The FDA has approved the asthma drug Nucala for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is the second biologic therapy approved for the condition, following the ...

Mepolizumab targets IL-5, addressing eosinophilic inflammation in 20%-40% of COPD patients, marking its fifth US indication. The phase 3 MATINEE trial showed a 21% reduction in annualized moderate or ...

BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The East Shore Health District issued a new warning for high levels of ticks and Lyme disease this year. The department reported that there has been an increase in tick ...

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 ...