The cardio-respiratory system works together to get oxygen to the working muscles and remove carbon dioxide from the body. During exercise the muscles need more oxygen in order to contract and ...

Some hospitals in the U.S. are seeing an increase in cases of RSV and so-called "walking pneumonia." Here's what you need to ...

Certain viruses can survive longer in the winter and protection from prior respiratory illnesses diminishes over time.

It’s commonly known in the cattle industry that bovine respiratory disease is the most costly illness affecting cattle in ...

Respiratory system models are experimental systems that recreate aspects of human respiratory system development, function or disease. Animal models such as dog, rodent and pig can be used to ...

Parts of the model represent different parts of the respiratory system as shown here. The model, which is air tight, represents the thorax, and air is only able to enter via the glass tube which ...