Category: Lungs
Wildfire smoke prompts closure of Seattle parks
Wildfire smoke making air quality “unhealthy” to “unhealthy for sensitive groups” is expected to remain in the area through the early next week.
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How to keep indoor air clean on smoky days
Children, adults sixty-five and older, pregnant people and people with lung or heart conditions are particularly vulnerable to smoke from wildfires.
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Hazy Days Are Here Again
Everyone should take precautions, especially infants, children, and people over 65, or those that are pregnant, have heart or lung diseases, diabetes, stroke survivors, and those suffering from COVID-19.
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New treatments spur sharp reduction in lung cancer mortality rate
Death rates from the most common lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, have fallen sharply in the U.S., due primarily to recent advances in treatment.
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How to prepare for summer wildfire smoke
Creating a clean air space inside your home is likely your best option to get relief from wildfire smoke this season.
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Tear-Gassing Protesters During An Infectious Outbreak ‘A Recipe For Disaster’
The chemical irritants in tear gas can promote the spread the coronavirus and increase the severity of COVID-19, experts warn.
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Be on the lookout for a wider range of COVID-19 symptoms, health officials say
In addition to cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, COVID-19 can cause fever, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and loss of taste or smell.
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Mortality rate among severely ill COVID-19 patients high, UW study finds
Care required an average of 10 days on a ventilator, still half of patients died.
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UW researchers need your (digital) coughs
Researchers are training an app to recognize coughs, so they need volunteers who can complete a quick 15-minute survey to submit coughs and other sounds.
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Taxpayers Paid Millions to Design a Low-Cost Ventilator for a Pandemic. Instead, the Company Is Selling Versions of It Overseas.
There is not a single Trilogy Evo Universal ventilator inn the U.S. stockpile. Meanwhile, Royal Philips N.V. has sold higher-priced version around the world.
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Second Case of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury Reported in Snohomish County.
People who use vapor or THC products should seek medical attention if they experience coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, fever, nausea or fatigue.
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Washington moves to ban all flavored vaping products, tighten regulation
Gov. Inslee seeks to ban all flavored vapor products, require disclosure of ingredients in vapor products, increase regulatory oversight and limit bulk sales.
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Second case of lung illness in King County linked to vaping
The woman was admitted to hospital in mid-September with shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. She has since been released and is recovering.
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Best to avoid e-cigarettes altogether – unless vaping is helping you quit smoking
Experts say vaping is better than smoking cigarettes, but whether it works to help people quit smoking continues to be debated.
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Vaping likely has dangers that could take years to identify
We don’t know what is in vaping devices, what the reported health effects actually mean, and, most importantly, why all these problems appeared so quickly.
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