COPD News, Features & Updates

December 22, 2025 — The FDA has approved Jascayd (nerandomilast) as a treatment for adults with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) that causes gradual and permanent scarring in the lungs, making it harder to breathe over time.

Learn why it’s important for you and your doctor to set goals for managing your COPD and how to stay on track to reach them.

Learn how depression and anxiety can affect your COPD, and vice versa. And find out how the right mental health care can boost your quality of life.

August 15, 2025 — Papzimeos (zopapogene imadenovec-drba) is a new type of immunotherapy approved to treat adults with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP).

August 13, 2025 — Brinsupri (brensocatib) is a new oral medicine approved to treat a long-term lung disease known as non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB) in adults and children ages 12 or older.

Learn about a new drug for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A top expert explains mepolizumab and its benefits, how it works, and its impact on COPD treatment.

The FDA has approved mepolizumab (Nucala), a biologic COPD treatment designed to reduce flare-ups. Learn how it works and who it might help.

May 23, 2025 — The FDA has approved the asthma drug Nucala for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

October 2, 2024 — The label expansion provides a new option for the hundreds of thousands of Americans with inadequately controlled COPD.

You don't have to smoke to get COPD. Learn what inherited COPD is, and what it means for your lungs and liver.

It's not always easy to get a diagnosis of AAT deficiency. Find out why.

One woman's journey from learning she has alpha-1, or genetic COPD, to managing it on a day-to-day basis.

Learn about treatment options for apha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

An expert in AAT deficiency, also known as alpha-1 or genetic COPD, shares strategies for managing it.

Here are five key tips to living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Even if your condition is more advanced, there are several ways to live your life to the fullest despite COPD. Here, WebMD shows you how.

Here are some simple ways to go about taking care of yourself when dealing with COPD.

Edi Mesa shares how she keeps COPD episodes at bay with these steps.

Jean Rommes shares some of what to expect when joining a COPD clinical trial.

Studies show marijuana can open up your airways. But can inhaling cannabis help or hurt a smoking-related lung condition like COPD?

There’s no one-size-fits-all answer when it comes to predicting someone’s life span with COPD. A lot depends on your age, health, lifestyle, and how severe the disease was when you were diagnosed, plus the steps you've taken to lessen the damage afterward.

If you’re living with COPD, you may have already made some lifestyle changes to stay healthy and make it less likely that your condition will get worse, which is great. And you might wonder if alcohol could prevent, improve, or make COPD worse. Here’s what the science says about drinking alcohol when you have COPD.

COPD not only makes you feel breathless, it can also make you feel isolated, depressed, and stressed. When you connect with a community of other people who have COPD, you’ll get support, management tips, and advice on how to improve your symptoms and feel better. Learn how to find a COPD community online to get help.

COPD is a lifelong condition that can make breathing difficult and interrupt daily activities. Playing the harmonica might hold the key to ease and improve breathing.

Many homes harbor dust, fumes, germs, and other irritants that aggravate COPD symptoms like wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.

COPD makes it hard to breathe. Can CBD help people with this condition?

If you have COPD, is it OK to drink alcohol, or should you go cold turkey? And is there a link between drinking and developing COPD?

If you have or are at risk for a lung condition such as COPD, you may have heard about ways people try to “detox” their lungs. Here’s what you should know first.

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Here’s a look at what’s on the horizon.

Find out how your doctor will decide the best course of action to ease your COPD symptoms.

A rare type of emphysema can seriously damage your lungs. Learn about treatments for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

WebMD discusses the prognosis for people with COPD, whether they're in the early or later stages of the lung disease.

COPD symptoms can interfere with sex. But you don’t have to say goodbye to intimacy. Here are nine helpful strategies for sex and intimacy when you have COPD.

If you have COPD, your calorie requirements may be higher than you think. A person with COPD can burn 10 times as many calories breathing as a healthy person. Here are 11 feel-better foods and beverages that are rich in calories and nutrients.

The more you know about COPD, the better you can manage it. Find out about treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Living with COPD presents 13 million Americans with new challenges, and opportunities for better health. Are you one? Then read on.