Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes.

In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy ...

Early infection caused extensive inflammation in many different body systems, noted Dr. Scott Scheinin, MD, director of lung transplantation for Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.

In addition to bronchospasm and inflammation, mucus production can play a role in asthma. The lungs produce thick mucus, which clogs the narrowed airways and makes breathing more difficult.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The research identifies distinct cellular changes in lung damage caused by SARS-CoV-2, progressing from inflammation to fibrosis. Early-stage damage shows ...

But for some, if it “rages” too intensely or persists as a “slow burn” for too long, it can wreak havoc around ... inflammation that can attack and sometimes destroy healthy lung tissue.