Michela Luciano, PhD,  Science Writer—

November marks COPD Awareness Month in the U.S. — a time, advocates say, to educate communities, inspire action, and support those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). World COPD Day will be observed Nov. 19. Each November, the COPD Foundation and the lung health community lead a monthlong…

Using e-cigarettes, often called vaping, significantly increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a U.S. study suggests. People who used e-cigarettes, which are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid that typically contains nicotine to produce an inhalable aerosol, alone were more than twice as likely to develop…