After one full month of being hospitalized and treated for double pneumonia and other respiratory infections, Pope Francis' ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly ...

Chris Pratt has contracted a lung infection after the births of three of his children because of a celebratory ritual with father-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger. The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' star - who ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are investigating how mechanical forces—such as stretching and changes in tissue stiffness—influence viral infection rates in the lungs to understand ...

is a co-investigator for a 4,600-person study examining why rates of heart and lung disease are higher in some rural counties and lower in others. The $35 million study has monitored participants ...

Atelectasis (pronounced at-uh-LEK-tuh-sis) is a term for the partial or complete collapse of the small airways in the lungs. Atelectasis can be due to tumors growing in lung tissue or an airway.

Fungal infection, also known as a mycosis, refers to the invasion of a host's tissue by specific types of fungi. Mycoses often start in the lungs following inhalation of fungal spores or on the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While Pope Francis’ life is not in immediate danger, the level of multiple infections in his lungs means he is not completely “out of danger,” said Dr. Sergio Alfieri ...

Pope Francis is awake and continuing therapies as he remains in the hospital for a 10th day Monday for a lung infection that led to early stages of "kidney insufficiency," the Associated Press ...

The infection arose in the context of one chronic and one acute lung condition, respectively called bronchiectasis and asthmatic bronchitis. The statement added that the pope remained "in good ...

Pope Francis, 88, was resting Monday morning, his 10th day at Rome's Gemelli Hospital for a complex lung infection that led to the early stages of kidney insufficiency, according to the Vatican.