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What to Expect from a Lung Biopsy

If your doctor spots something out of the ordinary on your chest X-ray or CT scan, they may ask you to get a lung biopsy. In this procedure, a doct...

Humidifiers: How to Use and Maintain Them

A humidifier puts moisture into the air. Evaporative humidifiers use a fan to blow air over a wet, absorbent material like a wick that sends moistu...

Respiratory System

Here, oxygen from inhaled air passes into your blood. Your blood then carries the carbon dioxide back to your lungs, where it’s removed from your b...

Surface Cleaning and COVID-19: what You Should Know

Stainless steel Examples: refrigerators, pots and pans, sinks, some water bottles 2 to 3 days. Cardboard Examples: shipping boxes 24 hours. Copper ...

How to Handle Coronavirus Isolation and Anxiety

The coronavirus outbreak may have you feeling lonely, isolated, stressed, and anxious. Make time for exercise and relaxation. Socialization is key,...

Is There An At-Home COVID-19 Test?

COVID-19 Vaccine

Usually such a process takes years, but the scope of the pandemic triggered round-the-clock work by thousands of researchers working on over 100 di...

Hemoptysis (Coughing Up Blood)

Hemoptysis is when you cough up blood from your lungs. Treatment for hemoptysis depends on how much blood you’re coughing up and what’s causing it....

Quarantine During Coronavirus Pandemic

Usually, any symptoms of COVID-19 appear within 2 days to 2 weeks after an exposure or infection. But many people who get this coronavirus, called ...

What Does a Ventilator Do?

The ventilator also may breathe out for you, or you may do it on your own. In this case, the machine will blow air into your lungs automatically if...

How Does Coronavirus Spread?

Community spread is when someone gets the virus without any known contact with a sick person. The animals may have caught the virus from close cont...

Can Coronavirus Survive Heat?

Despite the fact that the virus does not do well in heat, the hot summer temperatures had no real effect on it.. There is no way to accurately pred...