The woman said she recalled "losing her left contact lens several time" but never experienced any vision problems ...

Pope Francis, hospitalized Friday with bronchitis, has a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection," the Vatican said Monday ...

A wipeout into a sea of rubbish over two decades ago prompted Ernest Goh to shed light on the growing plastic pollution crisis. The artist and photographer founded the “Ayer Ayer” project ...

It's relatively easy for the chemicals to leach out of a plastic spatula into hot oil, for instance. There's evidence that when a baby puts a contaminated toy in its mouth, their saliva can draw out ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle Museum of Art after a monumental feat in networking and logistics by the ...

You may experience symptoms such as cough, sleepiness, breathlessness, chest condition, and slow walking with emphysema or bronchitis. A spirometry test is one way to distinguish the type of lung ...

THE fight against plastic waste ramps up at the start of the year with the launch of two separate movements with similar goals and strategies last January. First, the National Plastic Action ...

When you first start coughing, feel fatigued, and notice a low-grade fever, it can be hard to determine whether you have the common cold or bronchitis. A cold can potentially turn into bronchitis.

Odds are you’ve had a few sinus infections or bouts of bronchitis. Both are more common -- and often more severe -- in people with a weaker immune system due to HIV. Doctors usually treat them ...

Depending on the effects of COPD on your lungs, you may develop one of the two main types of COPD: emphysema or chronic bronchitis. Emphysema is a disease of the alveoli. It damages the fibers ...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — The Stuart City Commission voted in favor of lifting a four-year-old ban on plastic straws during a meeting Monday night, with a majority in favor of the motion.