Press Releases

Awardees will be formally recognized for their outstanding contributions to the field at the ATS 2024 International Conference.

Latest American Thoracic Society guideline reaffirms benefits for patients with COPD as well as pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease.

n World Lung Cancer Day, Aug. 1, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and its founding member, the American Thoracic Society, stress the importance of understanding lung cancer risk factors, as well as the importance of early detection through screening, and treatment.

A lesser-known chronic lung disease, bronchiectasis affects hundreds of thousands of children and adults worldwide.

Race-neutral lung function interpretation could increase access to lung transplants for Black patients with respiratory disease, according to new research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society online ahead of print.

On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, 2023, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which The American Thoracic Society is a founding member, is encouraging policy makers to take steps to prevent young people from taking up smoking.

The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which the American Thoracic Society is a founding member, is calling on health care leaders and policy makers to ensure access to effective, quality-assured medications, especially in low- and middle-income countries.