Each Breath Blog
Breathing is essential to life, and through this blog, we hope to illustrate the importance of lung health. Hear directly from experts, researchers, staff and volunteers about our ongoing fight for healthy lungs and healthy air.
Legionnaires' Disease: Five Things You Need to Know About This Rare Illness
More than 40 years ago, a mysterious illness made headlines when 182 people became ill and 29 died. Linked to Legionella bacteria, this disease was classified as a serious type of pneumonia. Eventually, it would become known as Legionnaires' disease. Read More
Healthcare Professionals Discuss Pneumococcal Vaccination Best Practices
We spoke to four doctors about their pneumococcal pneumonia recommendations for adults. Read More
What Is Walking Pneumonia?
Walking pneumonia is a non-medical term for a mild case of pneumonia. Technically, it's called atypical pneumonia and is caused by bacteria or viruses - often a common bacterium called Mycoplasma pneumonia. Read More
65 Or Older? It’s Time to Assess the Risk of Pneumococcal Pneumonia
World Pneumonia Day is on November 12, and as you return to doing the things you love, it’s essential to understand the risk for pneumococcal pneumonia, a potentially serious lung infection that can strike anyone at any time. Read More
#GettheFacts: Pneumococcal Pneumonia
During World Immunization Week, Learn How to Help Prevent this Potentially Serious Lung Disease Read More
World Pneumonia Day During a Pandemic
Last winter, there were over 1.3 million visits to the ER because of pneumonia, causing nearly 50,000 deaths. With COVID-19 as a potential contributing factor to pneumonia, this year those numbers could increase substantially. Read More
Pneumonia and Asthma... Why Should I Worry?
Management of your asthma may vary slightly from another person depending on the type of asthma you have. Read More
Saving Lungs from Wildfire Pollution, One Air Purifier at a Time
The Lung Association and Dyson teamed up to deliver 200 air purifiers to schools in California to help students get back to the classroom without the fear of breathing in toxic air from wildfires. Read More
The Connection Between Pneumonia and Lung Disease
Our bodies have built-in security systems. But there are times when germs find a way to enter the lungs and cause infections. This is more likely to occur when your immune system is weak. Read More
Centennial of a Pandemic: The 1918 Flu
It's 1918, and the First World War is beginning to wind down across Europe. But another scourge is also spreading, and it will eventually take even more lives. It's influenza – or the flu – an adversary that's still with us a century later. Read More
