Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are investigating how mechanical forces—such as stretching and changes in tissue stiffness—influence viral infection rates in the lungs to understand ...

ROME — Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back ... chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed, to overcome a complex respiratory infection.

The pope, 88, was diagnosed with a polymicrobial infection after he was hospitalized in Rome on Friday for bronchitis.