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09-19-23 - Five New Health Systems Partner with American Thoracic Society on Vaccine Initiative
09-05-23 - Experts Propose New Global Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
08-15-23 - Pulmonary Rehabilitation Earns Strong Recommendation in New Clinical Practice Guideline
06-29-23 - International Lung Health Organizations Join to Raise Awareness for Bronchiectasis
06-23-23 - Race-Neutral Testing Could Have Given Access to Life-Saving Lung Transplants for More Black Patients
05-30-23 - FIRS Calls for Action to Prevent Young People from Taking Up Smoking
05-02-23 - On World Asthma Day Respiratory Health Associations Call for Asthma Care for All
03-27-23 - ATS Publishes Official Statement on Race, Ethnicity and Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation
03-02-23 - 2023 GOLD Report Proposes a New Definition of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
12-02-22 - Study Reveals Extent of Lung Damage After COVID-19 Hospitalization
11-30-22 - World AIDS Day: Lung Cancer Screening Has the Potential to Reduce HIV Deaths
11-14-22 - World COPD Day: "Your Lungs for Life" Campaign Highlights the Importance of Lifelong Lung Health
11-10-22 - FIRS Calls for Collaborative Efforts to Fight Pneumonia - Focusing on Those at Greatest Risk
10-27-22 - American Thoracic Society Stands in Solidarity with Iranian Colleagues Amid Protests
10-26-22 - Dr. George Alba Announced as Latest Harold Amos Scholar in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
10-20-22 - ATS Applauds FDA and DOJ for Taking Steps to Curb Illegal Tobacco Sales and Youth Vaping
10-06-22 - Flavored E-Cigarettes Continue to Drive Increase in Tobacco Use Among Kids
09-08-22 - Affordable Care Act and Lung Health Access Challenged in Texas Court
08-09-22 - ATS Research Program Announces 2021 Diversity Grant Awardee
08-09-22 - ATS Research Program Announces 2021 Nursing Award Recipient
08-02-22 - ATS Research Program Announces Partner Grant Recipients
07-21-22 - ATS Research Program Awards Unrestricted Grants for 2021-22
07-01-22 - On Inaugural World Bronchiectasis Day, International Lung Health Organizations Raise Awareness
06-30-22 - Public Health Falls Victim to Climate Change in Wake of U.S. Supreme Court Decision
06-28-22 - The U.S. Supreme Court’s Rollback of Roe V Wade Threatens Women’s Health
06-23-22 - FDA Removes Juul from U.S. Market – An Important, But Temporary, Decision
06-14-22 - American Thoracic Society Urges Swift Adoption of Gun Laws, Lays Out Recommendations for More
05-10-22 - 2022 ATS Fellowship in Health Equity and Diversity Award Winners Named
05-03-22 - Closing Gaps in Asthma Care; World Asthma Day 2022
03-21-22 - Breathing in Science to Eliminate TB: World TB Day 2022
03-02-22 - Standard for Pulmonary Function Tests Gets An Update
02-09-22 - ATS Statement Regarding Recent Neo-Nazi Demonstration in Boston, MA
02-02-22 - Leading Lung Health Groups Sponsor Harold Amos Scholar to Improve Diversity in Respiratory Care
01-31-22 - EPA Reverses Trump-Era Ruling: A Step Towards Cleaner Air and Less Mercury Pollution
01-24-22 - Global Lung Health Organizations Partner for Inaugural World Bronchiectasis Day
01-18-22 - Joint Statement On the Implications of Philip Morris International’s Acquisition of Vectura
01-13-22 - Meeting ATS-Recommended Air Quality Standards Would Save Thousands of Lives
12-21-21 - Outpatient Management of Patients with Post-Prematurity Respiratory Disease
12-03-21 - Hospitals Have Ethical Obligation to Care for Unvaccinated Severe COVID-19 Patients
11-29-21 - On World AIDS Day, COVID-19 Vaccines Are Critical
11-12-21 - Global Efforts Must Be Strengthened to End the Preventable Burden of Pneumonia: FIRS
10-18-21 - Critical Care and Pulmonary Societies Encourage Flu Shots Amid COVID-19 Spread
10-18-21 - New: Global Iniative for Asthma (GINA) 2021 Exec. Summary on Asthma Management and Prevention
10-13-21 - Claims E-cigarettes Are a Harm Reduction Tool Unproven; ATS Reacts to FDA Decision
09-25-21 - On World Lung Day FIRS Calls for Global Investment in Respiratory Health
09-17-21 - Study Finds Surprising Early COPD Risks for U.S. Hispanics/Latinos
09-15-21 - For My Lung Health Campaign Named APEX Award Winner
09-09-21 - FDA Meets Court Deadline, But Fails to Protect America's Kids from E-cigarettes
09-02-21 - Brian E. Cade, PhD, MS, Receives ATS/ATS Public Advisory Roundtable (PAR) Research Grant
09-01-21 - The American Thoracic Society Announces Rebrand
08-19-21 - Potential Overuse of Antibiotics Found in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia
08-02-21 - Medical Associations Create United Front to Reduce Barriers to Noninvasive Ventilation07-29-21 - World's Respiratory Societies Support Community Action and Education for Lung Cancer Awareness Day
07-28-21 - Jarod A. Zepp, PhD Receives ATS/Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network Research Grant
07-27-21 - Dr. Laurie Eldredge Receives ATS Research Program/American Lung Association Partner Grant
07-13-21 - COVID-19 ARDS Focus of Latest American Thoracic Society/CSL Behring Research Grant Recipient
07-09-21 - Dr. Anthony Shum Receives ATS Research Program/chILD Foundation Partner Grant
07-07-21 - Dr. Jessica Blackburn Awarded ATS/GSK Research Grant in Obstructive Lung Disease
06-08-21 - Christopher Chesley, MD, is the 2021 ATS Fellowship in Health Equality Award Winner
05-25-21 - ATS/Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Research Grant On COVID-19 in Underrepresented Minorities Awarded
05-16-21 - The ATS Names Sally E. Wenzel, MD, ATSF 2021 J. Burns Amberson Lecturer
05-16-21 - Polly E. Parsons, MD, ATSF Named 2021 Edward Livingston Trudeau Medalist
05-16-21 - The ATS Announces 2021 Jo Rae Wright Award for Outstanding Science
05-16-21 - 2021 Respiratory Health Awards Presented at ATS 2021
05-05-21 - 4DMedical Teaming with ATS Diversity Fund to Improve Access and Equity in American Health Care
05-05-21 - The Forum of International Respiratory Societies Calls for An End to Asthma Myths and Misconceptions
04-29-21 - Menthol Cigarettes Banned: FDA Takes Bold Action to Save Lives
04-15-21 - Hot Topics, Keynote Presentations at ATS 2021 International Conference
04-06-21 - COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights the Urgent Global Need to Control Air Pollution
03-26-21 - Physician's Financial Conficts of Interest May Play Role in Black Lung Diagnoses
03-17-21 - Socioeconomic Factors Play Key Role in COVID-19 Impact on Blacks, Hispanics
03-15-21 - The American Thoracic Society & dBase Media Present "Helping the World to Breathe"
03-01-21 - Paper Addresses Research Needed to Understand Smoking and COVID-19 Risk
02-25-21 - Roadmap Will Enable Health Professional Societies Address Critical Care Clinician Burnout
02-10-21 - Virtual Post-sepsis Recovery Program May Also Help Recovering COVID-19 Patients
01-08-21 - Initial Severity of COVID-19 Is Not Associated with Later Poor Health or Respiratory Complications
01-05-21 - EPA Attacks Science and Breaks Precedent in Final Data Transparency Rule
12-15-20 - COVID-19 Preprint Data Rapidly Influenced Critical Care Practice
12-04-20 - Pediatric ER Saw Steep Drop in Asthma Visits During Spring COVID-19 Lockdown
12-04-20 - National Lung Health Organizations: Now Is the Time to Prepare for a COVID-19 Vaccine
11-18-20 - Living Well with COPD: Everybody, Everywhere - Forum of International Respiratory Societies
11-17-20 - Home Oxygen Therapy for Adults with COPD and ILD: New ATS Clinical Practice Guideline
11-13-20 - Patients Hospitalized with Severe Cases of Flu Do Better Than Those with COVID-19
11-11-20 - CHEST Foundation/ATS Award First Research Grant in COVID-19 and Diversity
11-11-20 - ATS/CHEST Foundation Award First Research Grant in Diversity
11-10-20 - Urgent Progress Needed to End the Preventable Burden of Pneumonia and Deaths: FIRS
10-29-20 - Amount of COVID Viral RNA Detected at Hospital Admission Predicts How Patients Will Fare
10-09-20 - Lack of Knowlege is One Barrier to Prone Positioning in Severe ARDS Caused by COVID-19
10-02-20 - Face Masks Unlikely to Cause Over-exposure to Carbon Dioxide, Even in Patients with Lung Disease
10-01-20 - ATS Research Program, 4DMedical Announce Grant Opportunities for Research in Asthma, COPD and IPF
09-28-20 - Executive Order Mandating How to Address Race and Diversity: ATS Responds
09-25-20 - Historical Racial & Ethnic Health Inequities Account for Disproportionate COVID-19 Impact
09-17-20 - ATS Research Program/Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Grant Opportunity in Sarcoidosis
09-09-20 - CDC Data Shows E-cigarette Makers Continue to Prey on Youth - And FDA Policy Lets Them
09-09-20 - American Thoracic Society/CSL Behring Research Award in ARDS Announced
08-31-20 - Asthma May Not Be a Significant Risk Factor for Severe COVID-19 or COVID-Related Intubation
08-12-20 - Physician Protests Pipeline Project; Dr. Tim Takaro Takes a Stand 82 Feet Above the Ground
08-03-20 - Challenges in Diagnosing Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Addressed in Latest Guidelines for Clinicians
07-16-20 - ATS Publishes New Guidance on Safely Restoring Elective Pulmonary and Sleep Services
07-15-20 - Experts Strongly Recommend Varenicline Over the Patch for Adult Smokers Hoping to Quit
07-09-20 - Black Individuals at Higher Risk for Contracting COVID-19, According to New Research
06-24-20 - Countries with Early Adoption of Face Masks Showed Modest COVID-19 Infection Rates
06-22-20 - New Article Clarifies Details of COVID-19 Respiratory Transmission
06-05-20 - Reducing Severe Breathlessness and Psychological Trauma in COVID-19 ARDS Survivors
06-03-20 - ATS Announces $500,000 COVID-19 Crisis Fund Support from AstraZeneca
06-01-20 - ATS Responds to the Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Events
05-27-20 - Analysis Does Not Find Two Distinct Subphenotypes of COVID-19 Related ARDS
05-19-20 - Modified Clinical Trial Protocol Created in Response to Urgency of COVID-19 Pandemic
05-12-20 - Residents of Poor Neighborhoods May Have More Respiratory Problems Associated with Ozone Exposure [Abstract]
05-11-20 - ATS COVID-19 Crisis Fund Receives $100,000 Donation from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
05-11-20 - Very Few Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Are Given Exercise Rehabilitation [Abstract]
05-06-20 - Some Cancers May Be Related to Sleep Apnea [Abstract]
05-06-20 - Common Genetic Variations Found in First Genome-Wide Study of Children with Sleep Apnea [Abstract]
05-05-20 - In Mice, Chronic Inhalation of E-cigarette Vapor Negatively Affects Lungs [Abstract]
05-05-20 - Patients with Mild Sleep Apnea Benefit from CPAP Therapy [Abstract]
05-05-20 - Dual E-cigarette and Cigarette Smokers Are Less Successful at Smoking Cessation [Abstract]
05-05-20 - COPD Patients Who Do Pulmonary Rehabilitation Are Less Likely to be Re-hospitalized [Abstract]
05-05-20 - ATS Announces GSK Grants to Support COVID-19 Crisis Fund's Research and Outreach Efforts
05-04-20 - One in Three VA ICU Nurses Suffer "Burnout"; Related to Longer Patient Lengths of Stay [Abstract]
05-04-20 - Younger Women Less Likely to Continue with CPAP Therapy [Abstract]
05-04-20 - Not All Patients with Suspected Sepsis May Benefit from Early Antibiotics [Abstract]
05-04-20 - More Than One-Third of Counties with High Lung Cancer Mortality Are 60 Minutes+ Drive from Screening Centers [Abstract]
05-04-20 - Potentially Hazardous Bacterial Contamination Found in JUUL Vaping Products [Abstract]
04-30-20 - Clinicians Warn of the Dangers of Equating COVID-19 with High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
04-27-20 - In Preparing for COVID-19 Cases, Plan Early, Communicate Often Say Critical Care Specialists
04-20-20 - First Official ATS Practice Guidelines for Sarcoidosis Cover Diagnosis and Detection
04-15-20 - ECMO Physicians Offer Guidance in Context of Resource-scarce COVID-19 Treatment
04-06-20 - ATS Publishes New Guidance on COVID-19 Management
03-27-20 - Some COVID-19 Patients Still Have Coronavirus After Symptoms Disappear
03-11-20 - EPA's Revised Transparency Rule - "Worse Than the First"
02-20-20 - ATS Foundation Research Program/Pulmonary Hypertension Association Names 2019 Partner Grant Awardees
02-13-20 - ATS Foundation Research Program Announces Unrestricted Grant Recipients for the 2019 Cycle
02-03-20 - ResMed, ATS Foundation Award $100,000 Research Grant to Claude Farah, PhD
01-24-20 - Lung Microbiome May Help Predict Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients
01-17-20 - Study Finds Disparity in Critical Care Deaths Between Non-minority and Minority Hospitals
01-09-20 - Dr. Nicholas Arger Receives ATS Foundation Research Program/Foundation for Sarcoidosis Partner Grant
01-06-20 - 2017 San Diego Wildfire Increased Pediatric ER Visits for Breathing Problems
01-02-20 - FDA Makes Progress, but Needs to Go Further on E-cigarettes
12-13-19 - NTM Infections on the Rise Nationally; Women and Elderly Most Affected
12-06-19 - New Report Shows Dramatic Health Benefits Following Air Pollution Reduction
11-26-19 - To Meet HIV World Health Goals, TB Must Also Be Reduced
11-18-19 - ATS,CDC, ERS and IDSA Publish New Clinical Guideline for the Treatment and Prevention
of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
11-14-19 - All Together to End COPD: Forum of International Respiratory Societies
11-05-19 - All Asthma Patients Should Have a Plan for an Asthma Attack
11-01-19 - Black and Elderly Lung Cancer Patients Less Likely to Receive Lung Cancer Treatments
10-28-19 - Respiratory Groups Call for An End to Preventable Pneumonia Deaths
10-11-19 - CF Patients Experience Improved Lung Health with Lumacaftor-Ivacaftor, But with Caveats
10-02-19 - Some ICU Admissions May Be Preventable, Saving Money and Improving Care
10-01-19 - ATS/IDSA Publishes Clinical Guideline on Community Acquired Pneumonia
09-30-19 - Women with Asthma Appear More Likely to Have Lower Levels of Testosterone
09-23-19 - World Lung Day 2019: Respiratory Groups Unite to Call for Healthy Lungs for All
09-13-19 - More Severe OSA Leads to Higher Blood Pressure in Patients with Resistant Hypertension
09-05-19 - ATS Applauds Governor Whitmer's Action on Flavored E-cigs and Urges FDA to Take Immediate Action
09-03-19 - New ATS Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosing Fungal Infections
08-09-19 - Oral Appliances May Be Highly Effective in Treating a Type of Sleep Apnea
08-01-19 - ATS Publishes New Clinical Practice Guideline on Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
07-19-19 - Ivacaftor May Reduce Common Infections in Patients with CF
07-15-19 - ATS Celebrates Court-Established Deadlines for E-cigarettes and Cigars Regulation
07-15-19 - COPD/Sleep Apnea Overlap Syndrome Researcher Awarded $100,000 Grant from ResMed, ATS Foundation
07-01-19 - Uncontrolled Asthma Over Next 20 Years Likely to Add $300 Billion to U.S. Health Care Bill
06-05-19 - ATS Concerned by Trump Administration Action Halting NIH Fetal Tissue Intramural Research
05-31-19 - Occupational Hazards Account for More Than One in Ten People with Range of Lung Diseases
05-03-19 - Azythromycin Appears to Reduce Treatment Failure in Severe, Acute COPD Exacerbations
04-19-19 - Video Plus Brochure Helps Patients Make Lung Cancer Scan Decision
04-12-19 - Diesel Exhaust Filtered of Its Tiny Particles May Worsen Allergy-Induced Lung Impairment
04-08-19 - ATS Foundation/Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc Research Fellowship in IPF Awarded
04-04-19 - ATS Foundation/Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Research Fellowship in Sarcoidosis Awarded
04-01-19 - STEMCELL Technologies Scholarships to Be Presented at ATS 2019 International Conference
03-29-19 - Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids May Play Opposite Roles in Childhood Asthma
03-15-19 - Short-term Exposure to Common Air Pollutants May Increase Asthma Deaths
03-01-19 - Novel Sleep Index, Wakefulness May Predict if Patients Able to Breathe on Their Own
02-15-19 - OSA Patients with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness at Greatest Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
02-08-19 - Puerto Rican Children Less Likely than Mexican Americans to Use Asthma Inhalers
02-01-19 - ATS Publishes New Clinical Guidelines on Home Oxygen Therapy in Children
01-25-19 - Fish Oil Does Not Appear to Improve Asthma Control in Teens, Young Adults
01-15-19 - Air Pollution May Increase Risk of Sleep Apnea
12-10-18 - ATS Report Finds Urgent Problem with Supplemental Oxygen Services
12-10-18 - Health Experts Call on EPA to Reverse Decision to Eliminate Pollutant-Specific Panels
12-07-18 - Vitamin C May Reduce Harm to Infants' Lungs Caused by Smoking During Pregnancy
11-30-18 - On World AIDS Day, FIRS Highlights Link Between HIV and TB
11-26-18 - Lung Disease in Middle Age May Be a Risk Factor for Dementia Later in Life
11-15-18 - An Overdue First Step; Immediate Follow-up Needed
11-12-18 - ATS Opposes FDA Decision to Approve Over-the-Counter Epinephrine for the Treatment of Asthma
11-12-18 - Disaster Guidance: 10 Tips for Staying Healthy During Wildfires
11-09-18 - Hypertonic Saline May Help Babies with Cystic Fibrosis Breathe Better
11-02-18 - COPD More Prevalaent in Poor, Rural Areas of U.S. Regardless of Smoking Status
11-01-18 - New Website Aims to Save Lives by Helping Institutions Launch Lung Cancer Screening
10-12-18 - Benzodiazepines in Patients with COPD and PTSD May Increase Suicide Risk
10-01-18 - New Guideline Recommends Minimally Invasive Ways of Treating Malignant Pleural Effusions
09-28-18 - Kidney Disease Biomarker May Be a Marker for COPD
09-21-18 - Cooking with Wood or Coal is Linked to Increased Risk of Respiratory Illness and Death
09-18-18 - WHO TB Report Sets the Stage for Historic U.N. Meeting
09-07-18 - ATS Supports Bipartisan Senate Effort Urging USG Leadership Ahead of Historic UN TB Meeting
09-07-18 - NYS Sepsis Reporting Mandate Appears to Improve Care, Reduce Deaths
08-31-18 - New Guideline Aids in Diagnosing Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
08-22-18 - Climate Change: Urgent Need, Inadequate Response
08-17-18 - Coal Miners at Growing Risk of Developing Debilitating, Deadly Lung Fibrosis
08-10-18 - More Than 40 Percent of Women with Asthma May Develop COPD, But Risk May Be Reduced
08-03-18 - ATS Takes Issue with EPA's Latest Action Against Clean Air
08-01-18 - Forum of International Respiratory Societies Commemorates and Supports Those Impacted by Lung Cancer
07-27-18 - Cannabis Does Not Improve Breathlessness During Exercise in Patients with Advanced COPD
07-24-18 - Tobacco Regulation Advocates Get Support From Medical Professional Organizations in Court Filing
06-15-18 - New ATS Guideline Aids in Diagnosing Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
06-04-18 - Low Neighborhood "Walkability" Linked with Childhood Asthma
05-30-18 - Respiratory Societies Warn About E-Cigarette Use in Youth; World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2018
04-24-18 - ATS Foundation and ResMed Announce Two-Year Research Grant in Sleep-disordered Breathing
04-11-18 - ATS Foundation Announces Insmed Research Award in Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Lung Disease
04-06-18 - New Blood Test Found to Predict Onset of TB Up to Two Years in Advance
03-30-18 - New Research Award by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare to Benefit COPD Patients
03-20-18 - FIRS Calls on Governments for Political Commitment and Action to End TB
03-14-18 - Karen Collishaw to Join ATS as Next Executive Director
03-02-18 - Sedative May Prevent Delirium in the ICU
02-16-18 - Women Who Clean at Home or Work Face Increased Lung Function Decline
02-15-18 - ATS President Clarifies the Society's Position on the "Foundation for a Smoke-Free World"
02-12-18 - ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship Awardee Named
02-08-18 - Thousands of Lives Would Be Saved If Counties Met ATS Clean Air Standards
01-25-18 - Study Shows a Potential New Approach to Opioid Crisis
01-23-18 - ATS Expert Available: National Academy of Sciences Report on Health Effects of E-cigarettes
01-12-18 - Asthma Costs the U.S. Economy More than $80 Billion Per Year
12-20-17 - Smoking Cessation Drug May Increase Risk of Adverse Cardiovascular Event
12-18-17 - Coarse Particulate Matter May Increase Asthma Risk
12-11-17 - 10 Tips for Staying Healthy During Wildfires: ATS Recommendations
12-08-17 - Consuming Sugary Drinks During Pregnancy May Increase Asthma Risk in Mid-Childhood
12-04-17 - EPA's Failure to Name Ozone Non-Designation Areas Harms Patients; ATS Files Suit
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