However, by doing exercises like this Cotton Ball Challenge, in which you will use a straw to blow cotton balls across the table, you can maintain and increase lung capacity.

A new study where researchers looked at the lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients may shed light on why some may suffer from so-called "long COVID." ...

Long COVID destroys teenage lungs in ways doctors never saw - silent damage persists months after mild infections in developing adolescents.

Texas trauma surgeon Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall says that means even survivors could have long-term post-COVID problems.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put more focus on our breath since the virus often attacks the lungs and can lead to shortness of breath and respiratory distress.

The long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people around the world suffer from long COVID-19 ...

The scarring on some coronavirus survivors’ lungs is worse than in those who smoke, a trauma surgeon in Texas recently said when speaking to just one of the possible long-term effects this novel ...

A thick coat of paint-like mucus coats the lungs of coronavirus patients, gradually cutting off oxygen supplies. The gruesome discovery, which was revealed in two autopsies of coronavirus-stricken ...

This 3-D reconstruction of lung scans reveals damage that has lingered for years in patients who became severely ill early in the pandemic.

For these patients, a COVID-19 infection turns into a seemingly endless ordeal, with symptoms lasting weeks, months or even years. Symptoms of long COVID can range from uncomfortable to debilitating; ...

About 11% of people who’ve been hospitalized for COVID-19 develop interstitial lung disease (ILD), according to a study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, which ...