NEW YORK -- Rescue workers and firefighters contracted a serious lung-scarring disease called sarcoidosis at a much higher rate after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks than before, said a study that is the ...

DLCO declined earliest, falling measurably about 10 years before the defined onset. By five years before onset, DLCO had ...

Pulmonary sarcoidosis is a condition that causes tiny groups of immune cells to clump in your lungs. These groups of cells form swollen, inflamed lumps called granulomas. Granulomas can make it hard ...

“Oftentimes when patients are diagnosed with interstitial lung disease, they already have a lot of damage to their lungs that may not recover and limits how effective treatments can be,” said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many respiratory viral infections can cause long-term symptoms. sbk_20d pictures/Moment via Getty Images The long-term effects of ...

Researchers have discovered a new autoimmune syndrome associated with COVID-19 that can cause life-threatening lung disease. The syndrome — which scientists have dubbed "MDA5-autoimmunity and ...