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Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that they will delay implementation of a 2024 rule to place stricter limits on tailpipe emissions from new cars.

But these acronyms are some of the building blocks of asthma care and treatment. The challenge? Figuring out what they mean, how they work together, how to use them correctly and which combination is ...

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Treatment for pneumonia depends on the type of pneumonia you have, how sick you are feeling, your age, and whether you have other health conditions. The goals of treatment are to cure the infection ...

J. Michael (Mike) Wells, MD, MSPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Oxygen is a safe gas and is non-flammable; however, it supports combustion. Materials burn more readily in an oxygen-enriched environment. Also follow the instructions from your oxygen supply company ...

Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have laws in effect elevating smokers to a protected class. The American Lung Association does not support these types of laws.

The American Lung Association issues reports and has a wealth of information on various tobacco control policy issues. Please see below for a list of current and past reports and resources. The Lung ...

Anyone can get lung cancer. Lung cancer happens when cells in the lung mutate or change. Various factors can cause this mutation (a permanent change in the DNA sequence of a gene) to happen. Most ...