Respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, influenza, and RSV, are surging across the United States, with healthcare systems feeling the strain as more people seek care for these conditions.

For older adults in the Western United States, exposure to high levels of smoke pollution is associated with an increase in hospitalizations for respiratory diseases.

The virus, SARS-CoV, which caused a severe, and sometimes fatal, respiratory illness emerged in China. Air travelers rapidly spread the disease to Canada, the United States, and Europe. Even though ...

Among older adults in the Western United States, exposure to elevated smoke-specific PM 2.5 levels above 25 µg/m 3 is linked to increased hospitalizations for respiratory diseases.