National asthma guidelines published in 2020 recommend that most patients with moderate-to-severe asthma would benefit from using one inhaler that includes both a long-term anti-inflammatory medicine ...

Gas-powered vehicles are a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Switching to ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a disease where there is scarring of the lungs—called fibrosis—which makes it difficult to breathe. This is because the scarring causes the tissues in the lungs to get thick and ...

Heather E. will soon participate in her seventh Fight For Air Climb in Orlando. And this year, more than ever, it’s personal. Heather is a safety professional and long-time American Lung Association ...

IMPACT Almost 8% of children under 18 (190,000) have a diagnosis of asthma. For many school aged children, unmanaged symptoms disrupt daily life and impair their ability to learn and play to the ...

Tomorrow, nearly 100 health professionals and public health advocates will meet in Washington, D.C. to educate members of Congress and their staff on the benefits of investments to clean up air ...

In 2023 and 2024, the federal government finalized clean air protections that save lives, improve public health and reduce climate pollution. The Lung Association advocated hard for these substantial ...

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval, voting to overturn an important rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Methane ...

Today, the American Lung Association Research Institute announced that it has expanded its research into a universal influenza (flu) vaccine by awarding a $200,000 grant to Texas Biomedical Research ...

Despite the availability of effective vaccines, pneumococcal pneumonia causes an estimated 150,000 hospitalizations each year. This is due in part to many eligible patients not receiving a ...