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We have raised our son between NYC and Denver. We left NYC because of his terrible cough that no doctor could explain....

I have a lung condition known as bronchiectasis (dilation of the bronchiole tubes). On bad air quality days, I find the...

I fight for clean air due to advanced lung disease caused by bronchiectasis.

I have had interstitial lung disease for about eight years and live in a retirement community. Using oxygen, Hepa...

My mother became ill with lung cancer. She bravely battled it but lost her fight two years later. Two months later my...

I had to take first grade over because I was absent so much from respiratory problems due to secondhand smoke. My dad...

As a lifelong asthmatic, I have always fought to breathe. That is my "normal." There were countless times as a child...

I live in Long Beach, California and have difficulty breathing. I have had to go to specialists who prescribe...

I was born in 1945 with severe asthma. I am 73-years-old now. We now have more hazardous days for asthmatics and people...

Due to systemic lupus affecting my lungs (pleurisy) and adult-onset asthma, I am forced to stay at home on days when...

At 24-years-old, I was recently diagnosed with asthma. After years of living with healthy air in a smaller town, I...