About 20-40% of adults with symptoms of COPD – but not the disease itself – use these types of long-lasting inhalers.

Study reveals the pervasiveness of the medical devices’ skin-color bias.

Findings could eventually translate to therapeutics to improve outcomes from respiratory illness in people.

Exposure to burn pits, sandstorms and other hazards could cause lung damage—but proving it is difficult.

The findings could lead to repurposing drugs for patients with the sometimes-fatal condition.

Black children were more likely to have unrecognized low oxygen levels than white children.