This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – As we continue to ...

Respiratory therapists help people breathe. And they’ve never been as valued as during the COVID-19 pandemic, when breathing was no longer a basic body function. “It was surreal,” says Roger Plummer, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- COVID-19 can move through your system and have you dependent on ventilators in a matter of hours. That's not an exaggeration. Hernan Alvarado, the Director of Respiratory ...

Even as a respiratory therapist, Leia Kennedy didn't know about a lung cancer screening exam that can find those cancers early. But she knows the toll it can take when it is found late, as it was with ...

THAT PUSHES THE DEATH TOLL TO MORE THAN 25,000. WE HAVE LINED THE PANDEMIC HAS CREATED AN EVEN GREATER NEED FOR A SPECIALIZED TYPE OF HEALTH CARE WORKER AND THE CHANCE OF GETTING A B JOWITH THIS ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KSLA) - Byron Bolanos has had a challenging year, but the good news is he underwent a successful lung transplant in Phoenix after contracting COVID-19 back in January and has just been ...

Caring for patients with COVID-19 requires a team effort. Working alongside the doctors, nurses and other specialists at Lancaster General Hospital is a dedicated team of respiratory therapists whose ...

This story is part of a series on 10 life-saving medical breakthroughs. Click here to read the rest. AJAY RANDHAWA, A 39-year-old from Sacramento, California, worked as a respiratory therapist for ...

PHOENIX – For the first time in 10 months, longtime Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport respiratory therapist Byron Bolanos is spending a full day outside a medical facility. Bolanos was discharged from ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – As we continue to see a lower trend in hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 here in Alabama, doctors are emphasizing that the virus can take a toll on your lungs.