A UVA Health study finds severe viral infections can prime the lungs for cancer, but vaccination appears to reduce that risk.

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

COVID has always been more than a bad bout of flu. As the pandemic’s acute waves recede, a different crisis is coming into focus: a generation of survivors living with damaged lungs, disrupted ...

New research is examining what happens in the lungs after severe respiratory infections.

A recent study has found that severe cases COVID-19 or influenza can leave lasting changes in the lungs that increase the ...

Severe COVID-19 and influenza infections prime the lungs for cancer and can accelerate the disease's development, but vaccination heads off those harmful effects, new research from UVA Health's Beirne ...

At first glance, some people seem to have recovered from COVID-19. They no longer test positive and can return to work or school. But for many, the virus leaves behind a lasting impact—especially in ...

New imaging reveals how subtle lung changes may influence sleep and brain activity years after COVID, offering clues to why symptoms persist even when routine tests look normal. Even without ...

It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects. The Neuro COVID-19 Clinic at ...

A few days later, he tested positive for COVID-19 – an illness he says he still hasn’t fully recovered from five years later. “I still feel like there’s phlegm stuck in my lungs,” Muñoz said in ...

In a new study, researchers found that being hospitalized for flu or COVID-19 was linked to a 24 percent increase in later lung cancer risk. Learn how to protect yourself.

A severe case of COVID-19 or influenza could increase the risk of lung cancer later on, according to new research. Scientists discovered that serious viral infections can alter immune cells in the ...