The American diet is being blamed for a worrying rise in colon cancer
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American Lung Association President: Electric School Buses Protect Kids’ Health. Congress Should Continue To Support Them | Opinion
For those of us who took the school bus as children, the smell of diesel exhaust is almost a core memory; I remember how it would linger in my nose…
An open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines
An open letter to the American people: With the severe influenza season the U.S. experienced during the 2024-25 respiratory virus season, and the recognition that we will likely see another…
‘It was a form of healing’: How traveling to every country helped this American cope with a mental health disorder
CNN — He’d struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder since childhood, but Cameron Mofid says that there was one thing that helped him cope — traveling the world. Mofid, who is…
Susan Jacobs, RN, MS, to Receive a 2025 American Thoracic Society Respiratory Health Award
Newswise — NEW YORK, NY (May xx, 2025) — The American Thoracic Society is proud to announce that Susan Jacobs, RN, MS, will receive a 2025 ATS Respiratory Health Award.…
Volcanic Eruptions | American Lung Association
Volcanoes can spew ash, a type of particulate matter air pollution, into the air for miles downwind of the eruption. They also produce and release gases mixed with water and…