In this multicenter validation study, trained health care professionals with artificial intelligence (AI) assistance achieved lung ultrasound images meeting diagnostic standards compared with lung ultrasound experts without AI. This technology could extend access to lung ultrasound to underserved areas lacking expert personnel. 

This survey study documents increasingly prevalent poor mental health from 2011 to 2022 across multiple U.S. health surveys, with notable prevalence differences in Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and National Survey on Drug Use and Health vs National Health Interview Survey. Inequities in these outcomes by age, sex, and racial and ethnic group were often sizeable and changed over time in distinct ways, consistent with findings in prior literature. 

No anesthetic can be used safely outside of a hospital facility because they impair the brain and central nervous system’s ability to regulate a number of vital processes, making the strict monitoring of patients an absolute necessity. Under a new DARPA-ABC contract, a highly multi-disciplinary team led by researchers from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University aims to tackle the neuronal basis of anesthesia in more depth and create a new class of drugs that can be safely administered outside of hospitals to save numerous lives in conflict and disaster situations.

The American Heart Association has named Syracuse University’s Fran Brown as the recipient of the 2024 Paul “Bear” Bryant Newcomer Coach of the Year Award. 

A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental risk factors during early life. The study, led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by “la Caixa” Foundation, can help to develop strategies to prevent childhood obesity and its long-term health effects.

We are excited to welcome you to San Francisco for the ATS 2025 International Conference! Journalists will have access to leaders, as well as emerging scientists and clinicians, who are at the forefront of medical breakthroughs and clinical innovation in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.