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Below are selected clips of national and international press coverage of ATS advocacy efforts, research published in ATS journals and research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Medpage Today (May 20, 2024) Once Promising Drug for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Fails in Phase III Trial [ATS 2024]

Reuters (May 19, 2024) U.S. Race-Neutral Lung Assessments to Have Profound Effects, Study Finds [ATS 2024]

STAT (May 19, 2024) Removing Race Adjustment from Lung Test Could Mean Higher Disability Payments for Black Vets [Nirav Bhakta, ATS 2024]

Managed Healthcare Executive (May 18, 2024) Dr. Glaucomflecen the Opening Speaker at the 2024 ATS Meeting

Managed Healthcare Executive (May 18, 2024) AI on the Agenda at 2024 ATS, Says Conference Chair [Debra Boyer, MD]

American Journal of Managed Care (May 16, 2024) Dr. Debra Boyer Previews ATS 2024 International Conference

Business Wire (May 6, 2024) Vasomune Therapeutics Announces Poster Presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference 

Business Wire (May 1, 2024) Endeavor BioMedicines to Present New Data from Phase 2a Clinical Trial of ENV-101 at American Thoracic Society 2024 International Conference

NPR (March 29, 2024) EPA's New Rules to Clean up Heavy Trucking Met with Support and Criticism [Dr. Franziska Rosser]

Fox 5 San Diego (March 29, 2024) How do Rainstorms Affect San Diego's Air Quality? [Health of the Air Report]

Triple Pundit (Dec. 27, 2023) Air Pollution is a Global Problem That Calls for Local Solutions

Fox News Colorado (Nov. 8, 2023) Colorado Ranks High in Annual Wildfire Smoke-related Deaths

E & E News (Nov. 2, 2023) Wildfire Smoke Blamed for Over 4,000 Deaths Per Year [Kevin Cromar]

Black Enterprise (June 5, 2023) Study Shows Racial Bias Contributes to Undiagnosed Lung Issues

Associated Press (June 1, 2023) Black Men Were Likely Underdiagnosed with Lung Problems Because of Bias in Software, Study Suggests

HCP Live (June 1, 2023) Severe Asthma Management: Exploring the Mechanism of Action in Tezepelumab and Omalizumab [ATS 2023] 

Healio (May 31, 2023) Women with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Have Worse Airway Structure Than Men [ATS 2023]

Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (May 31, 2023) Artificial Intelligence Could Enable Life-Saving Early Diagnosis and Advance the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension [ATS 2023]

Healio (May 30, 2023) Mucus-Plugged Airways Marked by Prominent Airway Remodeling in Patients with Asthma [ATS 2023]

HCP Live (May 28, 2023) Victor Kim, MD: Addressing Comorbidities and Advancing COPD Care [ATS 2023]

HCP Live (May 25, 2023) Lungcast: Live From ATS 2023 with Anne Dixon, MD

U.S. News and World Report (May 22, 2023) Study Shows Powerful New Target to Saving Lives From COPD [ATS 2023]

Drug Topics (May 22, 2023) Exploring Geographic Barriers to Care Access for Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [ATS 2023]

American Journal of Managed Care (May 22, 2023) Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Diseases Need More Resources, Says Dr. Debra Boyer

Healio (May 22, 2023) Incoming ATS President Emphasizes Team Efforts, Helping Early Career Medical Professionals

Healio (May 21, 2023) Deprivation Impacts Children, Families with Asthma in Washington, DC [ATS 2023]

HCP Live (May 21, 2023) Mucus Plugs in Medium to Large-Sized Airways Increases Risk of Death in COPD Patients [ATS 2023]

HCP Live (May 21, 2023) Paula Schweitzer, PhD: ATS Data Support Oral Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Journeys Through Pulmonary Fibrosis (May 21, 2023) Podcast: Innovation in Pulmonary Fibrosis [Drs. Downey, Rivera and Klasko]

Businesswire.com (May 21, 2023) Biodesix Announces New Clinical Utility Evidence for the Nodify XL2... at ATS 2023 International Conference

Businesswire.com (May 18, 2022) Gossamer Bio Announces TORREY Data to be Featured at ATS 2023 International Conference

Healio Pulmonology (May 17, 2023) Emphasizing Advocacy, Global Health at ATS 2023 [Drs. Boyer and Halayko]

Medscape (May 16, 2023) ATS 2023 Welcomes the World to Washington

AJMC (May 16, 2023) ATS International Conference to Highlight Key Research and Themes in Respiratory Medicine

Yahoo!Finance (May 3, 2023) Polarean to be a Featured Company at 2023 ATS Respiratory Innovation Summit

Medscape (April 5, 2023) ATS: Take Race Out of Spirometry [Official ATS Statement on PFTs]

MD Magazine (April 2, 2023) ATS Recommends Race-Neutral Equations for Pulmonary Function Test Outcomes

New York Times (March 14, 2023) The Government is Close to Reining in Some of the Worst Air Pollution [Dona Upson]

USA Today (Oct. 12, 2022) Lung Disease Tests Are Failing Black Patients, Studies Show. Experts Are Calling for Change

San Diego Union-Tribune (Aug. 26, 2022) Yes on California Proposition 31: This Flavored Tobacco Ban Will Protect Kids and Save Lives [Crotty-Alexander]

New York Times (Aug. 2, 2022) Fires Are Intensifying. Heres's How to Protect Your Health [John Balmes]

Medical Economics (July 7, 2022) Medical Groups Criticize Supreme Court Ruling on EPA Power Over Air Quality

Healthline (June 29, 2022) Gun Control: Experts Discuss First New Federal Law in Decades

Lancet Respiratory Medicine (June 10, 2022) 2022 American Thoracic Society International Conference

Healio (June 9, 2022) Inhaled Treprostinil Improves Persistence, Lowers Risk for PAH [ATS 2022]

JAMA Network (June 8, 2022) American Thoracic Society 2022 Conference Highlights [Andrew Halayko]

Healio (June 8, 2022) Historical Redlining in California Linked to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes [ATS 2022]

Pulmonology Advisor (May 31, 2022) Socioeconomic Factors Linked to Treatment Delays in Veterans with PAH [ATS 2022]

Healio (May 30, 2022) Health Care Utilization in Urban Minority Youth Tied to Better Asthma Control [ATS 2022]

Healio (May 25, 2022) VIDEO: Updates in Pulmonary Hypertension Highlighted at ATS 2022

Everyday Health (May 24, 2022) Nearly Half of People with Abnormal Lung Cancer Screening Postpone Follow-up Care [ATS 2022]

Pulmonology Advisor (May 19, 2022) Does Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improve Outcomes of Post-COVID Sequelae? [ATS 2022]

Medpage Today (May 19, 2022) Triple Therapy for COPD: One Drug Too Many, Too Often? [ATS 2022]

Everyday Health (May 19, 2022) Race-Specific Adjustments in COPD Testing May Lead to Underdiagnosis of Emphysema in Black Americans [ATS 2022]

Medscape (May 19, 2022) COVID Burnout? Turn Off Your Mind, Relax, and Float Downstream [ATS 2022]

Pulmonology Advisor (May 16, 2022) Cigarette and e-Cigarette Transitions and Respiratory Symptoms [ATS 2022]

Medscape (May 16, 2022) Race-Based Spirometry May Lead to Missed Diagnoses [ATS 2022]

New Scientist (May 15, 2022) Emphysema Missed Among Black Men in U.S. Due to Race-Adjusted Lung Tests [ATS 2022]

MD Magazine (May 15, 2022) Al Rizzo, MD:  Detailing the Latest Data on Pulmonary Health from ATS 2022

Washington Post (May 13, 2022) Growing Evidence Links Air Pollution Exposure and COVID-19 Risks [Drs. McCormack and Lee]

Medscape (May 10, 2022) ATS 2022: Restoration in the Aftermath of COVID-19

The Hill (April 14, 2022) - Health Care Workers Are Burning Mad — Not Only Burnt Out

Consultant360 (Feb. 16, 2022) Expert Conversations: Addressing Burnout and Promoting Well-Being

USA Today (Feb. 9, 2022) Sleeping More Can Help with Weight Loss, New Study Finds 

Healthday (Jan. 20, 2022) Significant Health Benefits Seen With Meeting ATS Air Quality Standard

Washington Post (Jan. 18, 2022)  I Fought Hard for You in the ICU. So Did Covid.

NBC News (Jan. 11, 2022) Protecting yourself against Covid variants: How to choose the right mask

LA Times (Jan. 11, 2022) Op-Ed: Lung failure leads to COVID tragedies, but lung disease was a crisis even before the pandemic

New York Times (Jan. 4, 2022) Another Christmas of Death and Distress in America’s I.C.U.s

Salon (Dec. 15, 2021)Americans are "ignorant" about lung health — at their own peril

Chicago Sun Times (Dec. 13. 2021) Tainted marijuana’s possible health effects include allergic reactions, experts say

Healthline (Nov. 23, 2021) Ted Koppel: ‘It’s a Disgrace’ We Aren’t Doing More to Treat COPD in the U.S [Drs. Neptune and Han]

Boston Herald (Nov. 18, 2021) Helping the World to Breathe, a Respiratory Health Docuseries by the 
American Thoracic Society and dBase Media, Premieres Nov. 18, 2021

Deer Park Tribune (Nov. 18, 2021) Helping the World to Breathe, a Respiratory Health Docuseries by the American Thoracic Society and dBase Media, Premieres Nov. 18, 2021

CMSS (Oct. 4, 2021) CDC Awards Cooperative Agreement to the CMSS and Specialty Society Partners to Improve Adult Immunization Rates for High-Risk Adults 

Consultant 360 (Sept. 29, 2021) Grant Waterer, MBBS, PhD, MBA, on the Latest ATS Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults With CAP

Geripal (Sept. 17, 2021) Living With and Studying Serious Illness: Podcast with Randy Curtis

NPR (Sept. 16, 2021) Philip Morris is Buying An Asthma Inhaler Company. Health Groups are Suspicious

Consultant 360 (Sept. 14, 2021) 3 Questions About Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Illness

Philadelphia Enquirer (Sept. 14, 2021) PA School Mask Exemption Loophole Draws Pushback from Wolf Administration

Washington Post (Sept. 3, 2021) Philip Morris International cigarettes can cause lung disease. Now the company wants to sell medicine to treat it.

Healio (Aut. 31, 2021) Bacterial Superinfection Detected in 21 Percent of Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia

Time (Aug. 18, 2021) Kids Can't Get COVID-19 Vaccines Yet. But We Do Have Ways to Protect Them

Evening Standard (Aug. 11, 2021) Takeover Watchdog Brings Battle for Vectura to a Head with Auction

Radio Free Brooklyn: Objection to the Rule (Aug. 5, 2021) Interview with NYU Professor George Thurston on Air Pollution

The Times UK (Aug. 5, 2021) Philip Morris takeover of Vectura denounced by COPD Foundation

The Times UK (July 21,2021) US Medical Fears Over Vectura Tobacco Deal

CBC Listen (July 20, 2021) Calgary Eyeopener with David Gray, Angela Knight

Medicom (July 7, 2021) ATS2021 Medicom Conference Report

Stat Plus (June 14, 2021) The Unlikely Force Shaping Amazon’s Health Plans: A Veteran, Doctor, and TV Persona with Big Ideas for Tech

Discover Magazine (June 11, 2021) Menthol Cigarettes Are Getting Banned — Here's Why

HealthDay (May 25, 2021) "Race Correction" May Lead to Underdiagnosis of Lung Disease [ATS 2021]

Physicians Weekly (May 24, 2021) COVID-19 Had Major Impact on ICU Nurses' Mental Health [ATS 2021]

Medpage Today (May 19, 2021) Vaping Alone May Boost Lung Troubles [ATS 2021]

WebMD (May 18, 2021) Sleep Apnea Raises Odds of Sever COVID-19 [ATS 2021]

Healthday (May 18, 2021) Two-Fifths of Americans with COPD Live Far From Lung Rehab [ATS 2021]

Pulmonology Advisor (May 17, 2021) Asthma, COPD Do Not Increase Mortality Risk in Patients with COVID-19 [ATS 2021]

Medpage Today (May 17, 2021) Fauci:  Vaccines Showing Vigor Against COVID Variants [ATS 2021]

Healio Pulmonology (May 17, 2021) Weighted "Lottery" Increased Access to Remdesivir Eraly in COVID-19 Pandemic [ATS 2021]

Healio Pulmonology (May 16, 2021) Neighborhood-Level Disadvantage May Impact Survival, Odds of Lung Transplant in IPF [ATS 2021]

Healio Pulmonology (May 16, 2021) Removing Race Correction in Lung Function Tests Shows More Severe Disease in Black Patients [ATS 2021]

AJMC (May 16, 2021) Dr. Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir Highlights the Impact of SDOH on Respiratory Health [ATS 2021]

Weather.com (May 15, 2021) Scientists Identify Genes That Make People More Susceptible to Severe COVID-19 [ATS 2021]

Healio (May 14, 2021) Teens, Young Adults Who Report E-cigarette Use Have Increased Odds of Asthma [ATS 2021]

CTV News (May 14, 2021) Scientists Identify Genes Associated with COVID-19 Risk [ATS 2021]

AJMC (May 12, 2021) 5 Things to Watch for at the ATS 2021 International Conference

AJMC (May 11, 2021) Dr. Laura Crotty Alexander Previews Research on EVALI, Vaping Diseases in the Time of COVID

Medscape (May 10, 2021) COVID Data, Chances to Network at ATS 2021

Business Wire (May 10, 2021) Teva to Highlight Research in Respiratory Care at Upcoming ATS 2021

Healthday (May 7, 2021) Dual Use of E-Cigarettes and Smoked Products Ups Risk for Respiratory Problems (AJRCCM)

SheMD (May 7, 2021) Why Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Environmental Factor (May 3, 2021) Wildfire Severity Increases, Experts Call for Coordinated Federal Response

Healio (March 29, 2021) Study Finds Bias in Classification of Radiographs for Black Lung Claims

The Washington Post (March 19, 2021) Bear spray is showing up at protests and riots. Here’s why, and how it affects humans.

CNN Health (March 10, 2021) US Task Force Recommends Lung Cancer Screening Start Earlier, Include People with Shorter Histories of Smoking

The Science Times (March 6, 2021) Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Using Sunosis as Treatment...[Atul Malhotra]

Healio (March 5, 2021) Impact of Smoking on Development of COVID-19 "Challenging to Address with Clinical Studies" [AnnalsATS]

NYT (Jan. 5, 2021) A Plan Made to Shield Big Tobacco From Facts is Now EPA Policy [Mary Rice]

NPR (Jan. 4, 2021) What Drove the Drop in Kids' Asthma ER Visits At a Boston Hospital During Lockdown? [Annals]

9News.com (Dec. 20, 2020) Colorado Doctor Shares COVID Vaccination Experience [Gabriel Lockhart]

New York Daily News (Dec. 16, 2020) Protestors Burn Masks Outside Florida Dept of Health Over COVID Vaccine [Annals]

Science News (Dec. 15, 2020) COVID-19 PrePrint Data Rapidly Influenced Critical Care Practice [Blue]

COPD News Today (Dec. 3, 2020) ATS Publishes New COPD Oxygen Therapy Guideline 

US News & World Report (Nov. 30, 2020) Ventilators May Leave COVID Survivors with Windpipe Injuries [Gabriel Lockhart]

Elemental (Nov. 20, 2020) Can You Reverse Lung Damage? [Coralynn Sack]

Pulmonology Consultant (Nov. 19, 2020) ATS Publishes Guidelines for Home Oxygen Therapy for Chronic Lung Disease

US News & World Report (Oct. 6, 2020) Wearing a Mask Doesn't Cause CO2 Poisoning [Annals]

Weather.com (Oct. 3, 2020) Face Masks Unlikely to Cause Overexposure to CO2: Study [Annals]

NBC (Oct. 2, 2020) Mask Myth Debunked: Face Coverings Don't Hurt Lung Function or Cause CO2 Buildup

Atlantic "Social Distance" Podcast  (Oct. 1, 2020) Fires Outside, Virus Inside

NY Times (Sept. 4, 2020) Vaping Links to COVID Risk Are Becoming Clear

Medscape (Sept. 3, 2020) Clinical Decision-Making in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

Physician's Weekly (Sept. 3, 2020) Higher Prevalence of Asthma Not Seen Among COVID-19 Patients [Annals]

Healio (Aug. 28, 2020) E-cigarette Users Face "Big" Risk for COVID-19 [Frank Leone] 

Healio (Aug. 27, 2020) ATS Guideline Addresses Challenges in Diagnosing Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

HuffPost (Aug. 20, 2020) What Happens When A Wildfire Meets A Pandemic

Healio (Aug. 13, 2020) Half Of Patients Had Delay Longer Than A Year Between Symptom Onset, IPF Diagnosis, Researchers Say

COPD News Today (Aug. 13, 2020) PR1P Peptide Reduces Lung Cell Death, Tissue Damage in Emphysema, Preclinical Study Shows

Pulmonary Advisor (Aug. 13, 2020) Triple Therapy May Not Be Superior To Maintenance Long-Acting Bronchodilator Therapy In Certain Patients With COPD, Research Indicates

Medpage Today (Aug. 11, 2020) Time to Revisit Antibiotics for All Suspected Sepsis Cases [ATS 2020 Virtual]

Pulmonary Advisor (Aug. 11, 2020) Treatment With Inhaled Dry-Powder Form Of Treprostinil Is Associated With Significant Improvements In Several Clinical And QoL Measures In Patients With PAH, Research Indicates [ATS 2020 Virtual]

Pulmonary Advisor (Aug. 11, 2020) Research Compares Mortality Risks Between Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treatments [ATS 2020 Virtual]

Pulmonary Advisor (Aug. 11, 2020) Dupilumab Improves Lung Function In Patients With CRSwNP And Comorbid Asthma And COPD Features, Research Indicates [ATS 2020 Virtual]

Medpage Today (Aug. 11, 2020) Biomarker-Directed Treatment May Improve Therapeutic Outcomes In Patients Whose Asthma Is Uncontrolled Despite Therapy With An Inhaled Corticosteroid And Long-Acting β-2-Agonist, Research Indicates [ATS 2020 Virtual]

HCP Live (Aug. 8, 2020) GDC-0214 Well-Tolerated for Patients with Mild Asthma

Healio (Aug. 7, 2020) Initial Triple Therapy vs Double May Improve Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed PAH: TRITON [ATS 2020 Virtual]

Pulmonology Advisor (Aug. 7, 2020) Benralizumab Improves Health-Related QoL Measures in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma

Pulmonology Advisor (Aug. 7, 2020) Telemedicine Program Improves Clinical Outcomes in Young Adults with Asthma [ATS 2020 Virtual]

Associated Press (Aug. 6, 2020) Lack of Study and Oversight Raise Concerns About Tear Gas

Biospace (Aug. 5, 2020) Gossomar Bio Announces Data Presentation at the American Thoracic Society 2020 Virtual Conference

New York Times Magazine (Aug. 5, 2020) The COVID Drug Wars That Pitted Doctor Against Doctor

The New Yorker (Aug. 2, 2020) Fighting the Coronavirus, from New York to Utah

Healthline   Back on the Front Line: Some Doctors Face COVID-19 a Second Time 

Washington Post (June 25, 2020) The Pandemic is Not Under Control in the U.S. Just Look at Texas.

WTNH News (June 15, 2020) Yale expert talks about how COVID-19 impacts lung health

CBS News (May 8, 2020) "Bravery and Hope: 7 Days on the Front Line" takes viewers inside NYC hospital amid COVID-19 pandemic

Runner's World (May 6, 2020) ICU Docs to Runners: Don’t Let Your Guard Down

NYTimes.com (May 1, 2020) What Is ‘Covid Toe’? Maybe a Strange Sign of Coronavirus Infection

CNN.com (April 26, 2020) People Are Buying Pulse Oximeters...Do You Need One? [J. Randall Curtis]

NYTimes (April 24, 2020) FDA Warns of Heart Problems from Malaria Drugs Used for Coronavirus

Time Mag (April 16, 2020) Why Ventilators May Not Be Working Well for COVID-19 Patients [Nick Hill]

Agence France-Presse (April 15, 2020) Doctors Think Ventilators May Hurt Some COVID-19 Patients [Kevin Wilson]

DailyMail.com (April 14, 2020) Health experts slam chiropractor for 'dangerously misleading' claim that TONIC WATER can be used to treat coronavirus in Facebook Live video viewed by 21 million people

Associated Press (April 10, 2020) NOT REAL NEWS: A week of false news around the coronavirus

BBC Radio (April 7, 2020) Dr. Kevin Wilson Speaks on Hydroxychloroquine on "The World Tonight"

NY Post (April 7, 2020) Here of the Day:  Manhattan Doctor Puts Elon Musk's Apnea Masks to Use [Charles Powell]

NPR (April 6, 2020) More Questions about COVID-19 and the Lungs [Meilan Han]

Chicago Tribune (April 3, 2020) When COVID-19 Attacks the Lungs, Ventilators Can Be A Patient's...[Graham Carlos]

Newsweek (March 30, 2020) COVID-19 Patients Can Carry Coronavirus After Symptoms Have Resolved [Blue Journal]

WBUR.org (March 27, 2020) Boston Doctor's Up-Close View of COVID-19 [Molly Hayes]

Washington Post (March 25, 2020) Hospitals Consider Universal "Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders" for Coronavirus Patients [Richard Wunderink]

Business Insider (March 25, 2020) New York Suggested its Coronavirus Patients May Have to Share Ventilators... [Nicholas Hill]

Consumer Reports (March 20, 2020) Understanding Pneumonia, a Dangerous Coronavirus Complication [Nicholas Hill]

Washington Post (March 18, 2020) Why U.S. Hospitals Don't Have Enough Ventilators [J. Randall Curtis]

Buzzfeed News (Feb. 9, 2020) How Might the Coronavirus Spread? [Richard Wunderink]

STAT News (Feb. 7, 2020) U.S. Hospitals Call All Hands on Deck to Brace for More Coronavirus Cases [W. Graham Carlos]

Reuters (Jan. 20, 2020) ICU Death Rate Higher in Hospitals Primarily Serving Minorities [Blue]

CNN (Jan. 10, 2020) Lose Fat in Your Tongue to Improve Sleep Apnea, Study Says [Blue]

NPR Podcast; Trump On Earth (Dec. 12, 2019) Strengthening Transparency or Silencing Science? [Mary Rice]

Medpage Today (Dec. 13, 2019) Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease on the Rise 

The Guardian (Dec. 6, 2019) Cutting Air Pollution "Can Prevent Deaths Within Weeks" [Dean Schraufnagel]

Medscape (Dec. 6, 2019) Respiratory Health Improves Quickly with Better Air Quality [Annals; FIRS]

Reuters (Nov. 11, 2019) Many Black, Elderly U.S. Lung Cancer Patients Don't Get Recommended Care [Annals]

US News & World Report (Nov. 7, 2019) Many Lung Cancer Patients Not Getting Recommended Treatment [Annals]

Medscape (Nov. 4, 2019) Commmunity-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Practice Guideline

CBS8.com (Oct. 29, 2019) Tips to Create a Better Sleep Routine

BBC (Oct. 29, 2019) 'Game Changer' Tuberculosis Vaccine a Step Closer [D Lewinsohn]

Salt Lake Tribune (Oct. 12, 2019) Salt Lake's Ozone Problem is Worsening...[Health of the Air]

Healthday (Oct. 7, 2019) Many ICU Admissions May Be Preventable, Large Study Suggests [Annals]

The Minnesota Daily (Oct. 6, 2019) UMN Doctor Rose Marie Leslie Goes Viral...Warning Against Vaping

WebMD (Oct. 2, 2019) Getting to the Bottom of the Vaping Illness Outbreak [Crotty Alexander]

Vice (Sept. 25, 2019) Doctor's Haven't Been Asking If You Vape. But They're About to Start [Crotty Alexander]

Consultant360 (Sept. 24, 2019) 3 Questions About the Health Effects of Vaping [TAC]

Consultant360 (Sept. 23, 2019) 3 Questions About the Cases Related to Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Illness [TAC]

Reuters (Sept. 20, 2019) U.S. Scientists Join Effort to Solve Mysterious Vaping-Related Illnesses [Crotty Alexander]

Washington Post (Sept. 5, 2019) Vitamin E Acetate in Vaping Products Linked to Lung Illness [Laura Crotty Alexander]

Reuters (Aug. 22, 2019) Four in 10 Women with Asthma May Develop COPD [Annals]

GMA (Aug. 19, 2019) Vaping Linked to Breathing Problems [ATS member Christy Sadreameli]

Medpage Today (Aug. 14, 2019) New Drug Approved for Drug-Resistant Pulmonary TB [ATS member David Lewinsohn]

Consultant360 (Aug. 13, 2019) New OSA Study in AJRCCM: Interview with Author

MD Magazine (Aug. 9, 2019) Oral Appliance Treatment More Effective for Patients with Certain Traits

Healthline (Aug. 7, 20219) Multiple Teens Hospitalized After Severe Lung Disease Linked to Vaping [AJRCCM study cited]

NPR (July 13, 2019) Has Your Doctor Talked to You About Climate Change? [Mary Rice]

New York Times (July 9, 2019) Justin Verlander: The Astros' Ace and Sleep Guru [Neomi Shah quoted]

Los Angeles Times (July 8, 2019) Few of Trump's Environmental Claims Stand Up to Scrutiny 

Healio (June 28, 2019) San Francisco Bans Sale of E-cigarettes, Other Vaping Products [Laura Crotty Alexander quoted]

ABC4.com Utah (June 13, 2019) New Risk Scores Identify Care for COPD Patients [ATS 2019]

Salt Lake City Tribune (May 27, 2019) Salt Lake City Makes the List of the Nation's Worst Cities for Health Effects Tied to Air Pollution

Crain's Cleveland Business (May 24, 2019) Clearing the Air: Report Finds Decreasing Levels of US Air Pollution Have Led to...

MD Magazine (May 29, 2019) Budesonide-Formoterol Bests Albuterol in Asthma Exacerbation Prevention

Time Mag (May 22, 2019) Improvements in U.S. Air Quality Are Saving Thousands of Lives a Year

MD Magazine (May 22, 2019) Historical Redlining Associated with More Asthma ED Visits

Physician's Weekly (May 22, 2019) Conference Highlights: ATS 2019

MD Magazine (May 20, 2019) E-cigarettes May Leave Users Susceptible to Flu, Especially Women

The NY Times OpEd (April 14, 2019) Don't Let A Killer Pollutant Loose [John Balmes]

The New Yorker (April 8, 2019) The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes [John Balmes quoted]

NY Times (April 1, 2019) Omega-3s May Ease Asthma Symptoms

NPR (March 30, 2019) Eating Fish May Help City Kids With Asthma Breathe Better [AJRCCM]

Medpage Today (March 25, 2019) Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution May Increase Asthma Mortality

US News (March 14, 2019) Your Guide to Asthma Inhalers [Gwen Skloot]

US News (Feb. 20, 2019) Sleep Apnea Patients Who Are Drowsy During the Day at Risk for Heart Woes

Medpage (Feb. 1, 2019) Early Norepinephrine Stabilizes Septic Shock Patients Faster

WebMD (Feb. 1, 2019) Primatene Mist Coming Back; Some Docs Concerned

US News & World Report (Jan. 23, 2019) As Air Pollution Increases So Do ER Visits

PBS Frontline/NPR (Jan. 22, 2019) Coal's Deadly Dust [Robert Cohen featured]

Consumer Affairs (Jan. 21, 2019) Air Pollution Causes Increase in ER Visits for Breathing Problems

Down to Earth (Jan. 21, 2019) Air Pollution is Not Letting the World Sleep Well [Annals Study]

NBC News.com (Jan. 7, 2019) How to Stop Teen Vaping? [Hal Farber quoted]

Time (Dec. 21, 2018) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had Two Cancerous Lung Nodules Removed...[ATS mentioned]

Consultant360 (Dec. 20, 2018) Dr. Monica Kraft on Nocturnal Asthma

Consultant360 (Dec. 20, 2018) Dr. Monica Kraft on Eosinopohilic Asthma

Consultant360 (Dec. 20, 2018) Dr. Monica Kraft on Allergic Asthma

MD Magazine (Dec. 13, 2018) Never-Smokers in Rural Locations Are at Risk for COPD

Medpage Today (Dec. 13, 2018) ATS Panel: U.S. Home Oxygen Delivery System Broken

MD Magazine (Dec. 10, 2018) COPD Pulmonary Rehab Referral Rates Remain Low, Despite Guideline Recommendations

Medpage Today (Dec. 8, 2018) Could Vitamin C Reduce Infant Harm From Smoking in Pregnancy?

COPD News Today (Dec. 4, 2018) Few COPD Patients Enroll in Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Study Reports

Medscape (Nov. 30, 2018) Midlife Lung Disease Linked to Later Dementia

Sleep Review (Nov. 28, 2018) Collaborative Summit Explores Models to Improve Patient Care for Sleep Apnea

CBS San Francisco (Nov. 15, 2018) Multiple Bay Area School Districts Cancel Friday Classes Due to Air Quality [John Balmes quoted]

Healthday (Nov. 15, 2018) Why Are So Few COPD Patients Getting Vital Rehab Treatment?

abc7.com (Nov. 13, 2018) Doctor Compares Bay Area Air Quality to Delhi Due to Camp Fire Smoke [John Balmes quoted]

California Magazine (Nov. 9, 2019) As California Burns, Experts Anticipate a "New Normal" [John Balmes quoted]

Medscape (Sept. 20, 2018) Inhaled Steroids May Increase Risk for Lung Infection [Annals]

Sleep Review (Sept. 18, 2018) New ATS Guidelines:  Obese Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Should...

Medscape (Sept. 12, 2018) New Guideline Updates Diagnostic Criteria for IPF

Philly.com (Sept. 10, 2018) A Historic Adult-to-Child Lung Transplant Saved Their Daughter [Stuart Sweet quoted]

Pulmonary Fibrosis News (Sept. 4, 2018) To Aid in IPF Diagnosis, Experts Develop New Set of Clinical Guidelines [AJRCCM]

Reuters (Aug. 23, 2018) Resurgence of Crippling Black Lung Disease Seen in U.S. Coal Miners [Annals ATS]

Pulmonology Advisor (Aug. 13, 2018) COPD and Asthma Overlap: Individual vs. Environmental Risk Factors in Women [Annals ATS]

UPI (Aug. 11, 2018) Study Links Asthma to COPD Among Women [Annals ATS]

WebMD (Aug. 10, 2018) Women with Asthma More Likely to Develop COPD [Annals ATS]

Medpage Today (July 29, 2018) Cannabis Doesn't Improve COPD Exercise Endurance

WedMD (July 27, 2018) Vaping Medical Pot May Not Ease COPD Symptoms

Pulmonary Fibrosis News (July 26, 2018) As a PF Patient, Here Are the Struggles

Sleep Review (July 24, 2018) Supplemental Oxygen Eliminates Morning Blood Pressure Rise in Sleep Apnea Patients

Infection Control Today (July 10, 2018) Study Finds Higher Doses of Rifampin May Lead to Faster Elimination of TB Bacteria

Medscape (June 29, 2018) FDA Clears Zephyr Endobronchial Valve to Treat Severe Emphysema

US News & World Report (June 11, 2018) Walkable Neighborhoods May Lower Kids' Asthma Risk [Annals ATS]

Inside Climate News (June 1, 2018) In Rebuke to Pruitt, EPA Science Board Votes to Review... [Mary Rice]

Consultant360 (June 1, 2018) Hospital Volume Affects In-hospital Deaths from Immunusupression, Sepsis [ATS2018]

Time (May 30, 2018) Here's What Scientists Know - and Don't - Know About E-cigarettes [ATS2018]

NPR (May 22, 2018) New Studies Confirm a Surge in Coal Miners' Disease [ATS2018]

Medpage Today (May 22, 2018) Step-Down Therapy in Severe COPD OK for Some [ATS 2018]

Time (May 21, 2018) Can Your Diet Reduce the Effects of Air Pollution? [From ATS 2018]

Health Day (May 21, 2018) Can the Mediterranean Diet Protect Against Smog-Related Deaths? [ATS 2018]

Philly.com (May 21, 2018) Berries and Grapes May Keep You Breathing Easy [ATS 2018]

Fox5NY (May 21, 2018) Study: Eating Berries Could Help Lung Health [ATS 2018]

MD Magazine (May 20, 2018) Multidisciplinary Pulmonology Clinic Improves Low-Income Patient Access

Medscape (May 20, 2018) Oral Contraceptives Associated with Increased Asthma Risk

Washington Post (May 16, 2018) It's Up to the FDA to Act on Juuls [ATS Tobacco Action Committee]

Medpage Today (May 16, 2018) ATS Cutting-Edge Research and Hot Topics in Pulmonary Medicine

Reuters (May 2, 2018) Even Brief Particle Pollution Spikes Tied to Respiratory Infections [AJRCCM study]

Washington Post Opinion (April 29, 2018) Scott Pruitt Seems Determined to Harm the Environment [Mary Rice quoted]

Salt Lake City Tribune (April 17, 2018) Utah Ranks Among U.S. States with Highest rates of Lung Cancer...[ATS Health of the Air Report]

KUER/NPR Utah (April 17, 2018) Report Shows Less Pollution Means Healthier, Longer Lives [ATS Health of the Air Report]

NY Times (April 13, 2018) Air Pollution May Pose Serious Risks to Young Children

Salt Lake City Tribune (April13, 2018) Even Brief Exposure to Air Pollution Increases Risk of Flu and Oher Resp. Infections in Children

The Guardian (April 13, 2018) Spikes in Air Pollution Can Heighten Risk of Chest Infections, Research Suggests

NPR (April 10, 2018) ATS's Dr. Robert Cohen Comments on KY Lawmakers Decision on Black Lung Claims

Medpage Today (April 6, 2018) Blood Test Predicts Future Disease in TB Patient Contacts

CNN (March 14, 2018) EPA's Proposed Repeal Will Make Americans Sicker [Steve Crane, coauthor]

Washington Times (Feb. 19, 2018) Women Who Clean at Home and Work Have More Risk for Lung Decline, Study Shows

Newsweek (Feb. 18, 2018) Impact of Cleaning Products on Women's Lungs as Damaging as 20-a-Day Cigarette Habit

BBC (Feb. 16, 2018) Cleaning Products Linked to Poorer Lung Function

HuffPost UK (Feb. 16, 2018) Cleaning Chemicals "Likely Cause Substantial Damage to Women's Lungs", Study Finds

Medpage Today (Feb. 9, 2018) Stricter Clean Air Standards in U.S. Could Save Thousands of Lives

WebMD (Jan. 12, 2018) Asthma in America Carries $82 Billion Price Tag

Medpage Today (Jan. 2, 2018) FDA to Shift Tobacco Regulatory Focus

Consultant360 (Dec. 20, 2017) Treating COPD in Primary Care [John Mastronarde]

Consultant360 (Dec. 20, 2017) Treating Asthma in Primary Care [John Mastronarde]

Reuters (Dec. 18, 2017) Prenatal and Early Childhood Fructose Tied to Asthma in Kids

CBC News (Dec. 12, 2017) Vaping to Be Studied as Way for Homeless to Kick Smoking Habit [Smita Pakhale interviewed]

Healthday (Dec. 12, 2017) Protecting Your Health from Wildfire Smoke

Ottawa Citizen (Dec. 9, 2017) A New Clinical Trial in Ottawa Asks:  Can E-Cigarettes Help the Homeless Quit Smoking?

NY Times (Dec. 8, 2017) Sugary Diet During Pregnancy May Increase Asthma Risk in Children

LA Times (Dec. 8, 2017) Drinking Soda While Pregnant Could Increase Your Child's Risk of Asthma, Study

News12Bronx (Dec. 6, 2017) Kids Learn the Dangers of Flavored Tobacco

Consultant360 (Dec. 6, 2017) Changing the Image of Tobacco [Harold Farber]

Consumer Reports (Dec. 4. 2017) Teens Who Vape More Likely to Turn to Cigarettes [Hal Farber quoted]

NPR (Dec. 4, 2017) Teenagers Say JUUL Is a Discreet Way to Vape in Class [Hal Farber quoted]

Rare Disease Report (Nov. 15, 2017) New Guidelines for Diagnosing LAM Published Today

NPR (Oct. 27, 2017) Baltimore Needs More Funds to Buy Opioid Overdose Drug to Save Lives [Cites AnnalsATS Research]

CBS Miami (Oct. 24, 2017) Vaping May Cause Unique Problems As Bad As Smoking, Study Says

Medpage Today (Oct. 20, 2017) Vaping Elicits Immune Response in Lungs

Pulmonology Advisor (Oct. 17, 2017) Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension...[Vinicio de Jesus Perez quoted]

Mother Jones (Oct. 14, 2017) California's Raging Fires...[John Balmes Quoted]

Washington Post (Sept. 21, 2017) Brainless Jellyfish Could Reveal Why We sleep [Allan Pack quoted]

Washington Examiner (Sept. 11, 2017) Daily on Health Care [Opioid Epidemic ]

HealthDay (Sept. 6, 2017) Be Cautious Going Home After Hurricane Harvey

Time.com (Aug. 29, 2017) U.S. Opioid Deaths Nearly Doubled Since 2009

CBS Philly (Aug. 21, 2017) New Level of Crisis in Opioid Epidemic

Healio.com (Aug. 17, 2017) FDA Plan to Limit Nicotine Garners Praise, Criticism

Consultant360 (Aug. 17, 2017) ATS President Marc Moss:  Improving Patient Care

STAT (Aug. 11, 2017) The Cost of Treating Opioid Overdose Victims is Skyrocketing

US News & World Report (Aug. 11. 2017) Opioid Overdoses and Deaths Flooding U.S. Hospitals

Medpage Today (Aug. 11, 2017) Dr. David Gozal Responds to Decision to Halt Sleep Apnea Testing for Truck Drivers

Washington Post (Aug. 9, 2017) Dr. Enid Neptune's LTE Re: Tobaccco Regulation

BuzzFeed (Aug. 6, 2017) The Trump Administration Just Lost a Battle Over Smog Rules [George Thurston quoted]

Medpage Today (July 28, 2017) FDA to Shift Tobacco Regulatory Focus

Bloomberg (July 18, 2017) Bill Delaying EPA's Ozone Standards Heads to Senate

Chicago Sun-Times (July 11, 2017) Air Pollution Could Be Disrupting Your Sleep

Health Data Management (June 2, 2017) Penn Leverages Machine Learning to Identify Severe Sepsis Early

Sleep Review (May 30, 2017) Severe Pediatric Sleep Apnea in DC Hits African American Low-Income Families Hardest

Philly.com (May 24, 2017) Death Rate Drops for Americans Hospitalized with COPD

HealthDay (May 24, 2017) Death Rate Drops for Americans Hospitalized with COPD

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (May 24, 2017) Can't Sleep at Night? You Could Blame Pollution, Scientists Say

Infection Control Today (May 24, 2017) Machine Learning May Help in Early Identification of Sepsis

Philly.com (May 23, 2017) Suicide Risk Quadruples After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Cardiovascular Business (May 23, 2017) Online Rehab As Effective As Face-to-Face Care for COPD

Newsweek (May 22, 2017) Trouble Sleeping?  Air Polution May be to Blame, Study Says

Nursing Times (May 22, 2017) A & E Overcrowding is Risk to Prompt Treatment for Sepsis

WebMD (May 21, 2017) Antibiotics Fail in 1 in 4 Adult Pneumonia Cases

Nephrology News (May 20, 2017) Sepsis Involved in High Percentage of Hospital Deaths

Medpage Today (May 17, 2017) Asthma Biologic, Rally Among ATS Highlights

New York Times (April 3, 2017) Plan to Cut Funding for Biomedical Research...; Landon S. King Quoted

Medpage Today (March 30, 2017) Clean Air Advocates Decry Trump's Regulation Rollback

Medscape (March 23, 2017) COPD Guideline Addresses Care of Ambulatory Patients

LA Times (March 17, 2017)  Will Trump Erect a Roadblock to Southern California's Decades-Long Fight Against Smog?

Medpage Today (Feb. 17, 2017) Physicians, Others Urge Lawmakers to Reject Cigar Bill; Dr. Harold Farber Quoted

Philly.com (Feb. 17, 2017) Heart, Lung Problems May Not Always Need ICU Care

Nursing Times (Feb. 17, 2017) Intensive Care Not Necessarily the Answer for COPD and Heart Failure Flare-ups

COPD News Today (Feb. 14, 2017) Air Pollution in China Linked to Deaths in Patients with Respiratory, Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Business (Feb. 13, 2017) Study Links Chinese Air Pollution to Respiratory, Cardiovascular Deaths

Sleep Review (Feb. 3, 2017) American Thoracic Society Statement Regarding U.S. Immigration Policies

Medpage Today (Feb. 3, 2017) Preemie MAb Treatment May Reduce Later-Life Wheeze

Medscape (Feb. 2, 2017) COPD Guidelines Update Treatment, Management Options

Law 360 (Jan. 27, 2017) EPA Air Rule Vital for Health, Thoracic Society Tells DC Circ.

Medpage Today (Jan. 27, 2017) Sleep Apnea Device Improves Breathing, But Maybe Not Heart Risk

Science Mag (Jan. 27, 2017) Oral Devices Reduce Sleep Apnea But May Not Affect Heart Disease Risk Factors

Nursing Times (Jan. 23, 2017) Asthma and Obesity Link in Children and Teenagers

Latinos Health (Jan. 23, 2017) Studies Reveal that Asthmatic Children Are More Likely to Be Obese

US News & World Report (Jan. 20, 2017) Childhood Asthma May Encourage Obesity

The Telegraph (Jan. 20, 2017) Asthmatic Children More Likely to Become Obese

Daily Mail (Jan. 20, 2017) Asthmatic Children Far More Likely to Become Obese

Medscape (Jan. 20, 2017) Children with Asthma More Likely to Develop Obesity

Medpage Today (Jan. 20, 2017) Early-in-Life Asthma May Increase Obesity Risk

CTV News (Jan. 20, 2017) New Study Finds Asthmatic Children More Likely to Be Obese

Cardiovascular Business (Jan. 13, 2017) Ethanol Stoves Safer for Cardiovascular Health in Pregnant Women

Medical Xpress (Jan. 13, 2017) Nigeria:  Clean-burning Stoves Improve Health for New Mothers

 

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