Journal and Advocacy Press Releases
- 12-15-20 - COVID-19 Preprint Data Rapidly Influenced Critical Care Practice
- 12-11-20 - The American Thoracic Society and dBase Media Present "Helping the World to Breathe"
- 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
- 12-01-20 - To Meet HIV World Health Goals, TB Treatment Must be Maintained During COVID-19 Response
- 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
- 11-16-20 - Patients Hospitalized with Severe Cases of Flu Do Better Than Thos with COVID-19
- 11-11-20 - CHEST Foundation/ATS Award First Research Grant in COVID and 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 Knowledge 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 Opportunites 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
- 09-17-20 - World Lung Day 2020: Respiratory Groups Call for Research to Prevent, Detect and Treat Respiratory Infections
- 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
- 08-28-20 - ATS Statement on Latest COVID-19 Policy Actions: Convalescent Plasma and Testing of Asymptomatic Patients
- 08-17-20 - New Clinical Practice Guidelines on Non-Invasive Ventilation in Chronic Stable Hypercapnic COPD; Published by the American Thoracic Society
- 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
- 08-01-20 - World Lung Cancer Day 2020: Respiratory Groups Stress Lung Cancer Risks and Importance of Early Screening and Treatment
- 07-17-20 - American College of Chest Physicians, American Lung Association, American Thoracic Society and COPD Foundation Statement on Importance of Patients with Chronic Lung Disease Wearing Facial Coverings During COVID-19 Pandemic
- 07-16-20 - ATS Publishes New Guidance on Safely Restoring Elective Pulmonary and Sleep Devices
- 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
- 07-08-20 - Move to Withdraw U.S. from WHO During Global COVID-19 Pandemic Very Concerning
- 07-06-20 - Forum of International Respiratory Societies: We Must Continue to Be Vigilant to Control the Spread of COVID-19
- 06-30-20 -"For My Lung Health" Campaign Promotes Lung Health Education in Underserved Black and Latino Communities
- 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
- 06-11-20 - Tear Gas Use During COVID-19 Pandemic Irresponsible; Moratorium Needed, Says American Thoracic Society
- 06-05-20 - Reducing Severe Breathlessness and Psychological Trauma in COVID-19 ARDS Survivors
- 06-03-20 - ATS Announces $500,000 COVID-19 Fund Support from AstraZeneca
- 06-01-20 - ATS Responds to 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-10 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 - Common Genetic Variations Found in First Genome-Wide Study of Children with Sleep Apnea [Abstract]
- 05-06-20 - 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 - 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 Says Critical Care Specialists
- 04-21-20 - Establish Contingency Plans to Meet COVID-19 Surge in Urban Areas, Say Experts at Leading Academic Medical Center
- 04-20-20 - First Official ATS Practice Guidelines for Sarcoidosis Cover Diagnosis and Detection
- 04-17-20 - EPA's Attempt to Roll Back Regulations on Mercury and Toxic Air Emissions Ignores Science, Common Sense
- 04-15-20 - ECMO Physicians Offer Guidance in the Context of Resource-scarce COVID-19 Treatment
- 04-14-20 - LABA/LAMA Combination Therapy More Effective for COPD Patients with Exercise Intolerance: New Clinical Practice Guideline
- 04-07-20 - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Makes $500,000 Donation to Support COVID-19 Related Activities by American Thoracic Society
- 04-06-20 - ATS Publishes New Guidance on COVID-19 Management
- 03-27-20 - Some COVID-19 Patients Still Have Coronavirus After Symptoms Disappear
- 03-23-20 - Forum of International Respiratory Societies Calls to Advance Prevention as Critical Strategy to End TB
- 03-11-20 - EPA's Revised Transparency Rule - "Worse Than the First"
- 02-21-20 - Traditional Biomass Stoves, Used Widely in Developing Nations, Shown to Elevate Indoor Air Pollutants, Cause Lung Inflammation
- 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 or 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
- 01-09-20 - 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