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Personal Interventions for Reducing Exposure and Risk for Outdoor Air Pollution: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

Abstract. Poor air quality affects the health and wellbeing of large populations around the globe. Although source controls are the most effective approach

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Wildfire smoke got you down? ATS has your back. Check out our evidence-based guidance: site.thoracic.org/advocacy-pat...

American Thoracic Society | Wildfires Disaster Guidance: Tips for…

This fact sheet on wildfire disaster guidance is provided as a public service by the American Thoracic Society for educational purposes.

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Burn Pits 360 applauds the introduction of the AIR CARE for Veterans Act (H.R. 9666). 🇺🇸 Read the full announcement, including statements from the bill's sponsors and Captain Torres: 4dmedical.com/wp-content/u... #BurnPits360 #PACTAct #ToxicExposure #VeteransHealth #AIRCAREforVets #HR9666

Jennifer L. Taylor, MD, MSCS, ATSF, blended narrative, research and professional insight during the Diversity Forum to highlight the challenges faced by minoritized groups in health care and the importance of a sustained commitment to equity. Read more: www.atsconferencenews.org/diversity-fo...

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Today in the IPC! Unwind with art, rejuvenate with music! Featuring home grown (in the ATS) music from Crackles and Rales!

Join the #ATS2026 community art event on Tuesday May 19th from 330pm to 530pm in the international participants center in the OCCC! @ats-assemblies.bsky.social

Happening Now! Where There’s Heat, There’s (Sometimes) Fire: Respiratory Consequences of a Warming World in 109B OCCC West.

Get involved! Come to the EOPH digital/media/web committee meeting in the Hyatt Regency Silver Spring I meeting space at 11:45 am! How will you shape our message?

Congratulations to the EOPH assembly award winners at #ATS2026! We honored Ranu Sarolia, PhD (Early Career) Alison Lee, MD,MS (Mid-career) and Agosto A Litonjua, MD, MPH (John Peters Award)!

At #ATS2026, attendees can explore how artificial intelligence is transforming discovery, diagnosis, and patient care at the ATS AI Lab Exposition Space in the Exhibit Hall. Find the details in ATS Conference News: www.atsconferencenews.org/explore-the-...

@ats-eoph.bsky.social @atscommunity.bsky.social Jon Stewart of @thedailyshow.com joined us today for the our membership meeting of the ATS Terrorism and Inhalation Disasters (TID) Section. His advocacy for 9/11 and burn pit exposure victims resulted in Congress passing the PACT Act in 2022.

Be sure to stop by our advocacy booth at the #ATS2026 Networking Super Center! Grab a sign, and make your voice heard on the issues that matter to you.

Tony Szema and Dr Peters getting ready for the Terrororism and Inhalational Disasters (TID)Section Meeting. Jon Stewart and the leaders of Burnpits 360 @burnpits360.bsky.social will be making a virtual appearance! Captain Le Roy and Rosie Torres were also featured @ats-assemblies.bsky.social

Join the EOPH Assembly at 5 pm today for the annual assembly meeting in W304A. See you there!

Dr Orban Peters of Burnpit 360 and Dr Tony Szema, Section chair of TID, before the annual meeting. Dr. Peters and advocate/comedian Jon Stewart discussed findings of enriched uranium contamination at K2 airbase in Uzbekistan and the numerous US Veterans who were exposed.

The TID assembly celebrates burn pit advocates Rosie and Le Roy Torres of Burn Pit 360, along with Jon Stewart!

BIG & EXCITING update from the ATS TID! JON STEWART, host of The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com, will be on livestream @ TID annual meeting on Sunday May 17, 2026 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. at Chapin Theater, Level III, West Concourse, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. @burnpits360.bsky.social

Today at the Learning Studio @ 10am: "Conducting High-Impact Pulmonary Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" 👨‍⚕️Alexandre Fabro, MD 👩‍⚕️Sabrina Batah, MD 👨‍⚕️Tales Nadai, MD

Have you heard about the ATS NOW launch? 🚀👀 “It’s like Netflix for pulmonologists!”

Join the #ATS2026 community art event on Tuesday May 19th from 330pm to 530pm in the international participants center in the OCCC! @ats-assemblies.bsky.social

Please join #ATS2026 policy session SPS4! Sunday May 17th from 12-1pm, at W101B (Level I, OCCC West Concourse). Learn about the environmental issues of MDI inhalers and policy and implementation challenges of transitioning to more climate-friendly alternatives. sustainable-respiratory-medicines.com

Please join the #ATS2026 reception for PhDs and other basic science researchers if you are free! May 17th from 3-5pm in the Networking Super Center, Hall C (Level II, OCCC West Concourse). See ats2026.d365.events/education/sess… @ats-assemblies.bsky.social @ats-rcmb.bsky.social @ats-aii.bsky.social

As conflict spreads, a reminder of one of many risks: "The Long-Term Respiratory Perils of War" - 2022 editorial in @atsblueeditor.bsky.social based on important work from @bhavikakaulmd.bsky.social 🫁 #openaccess @ats-eoph.bsky.social www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

Happy Earth Day to all! This is something that all of our assemblies care about but it is particularly close to the hearts of our @ats-eoph.bsky.social members!

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Happy #EarthDay! 🌎Now more than ever, it's important for the EPA to enforce regulations that keep our air safe to breathe. Andrew Mergen explains how the current administration's policies is putting public health in danger. Listen to the ATS Breathe Easy podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=naK6...

✨Celebrating Ranu Surolia, PhD, ATSF, on being honored with the Early Career Achievement Award, presented by @ats-eoph.bsky.social! Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! Learn more: site.thoracic.org/membership/a...

💫 Congratulations to Alison G. Lee, MD, MS, ATSF, on receiving the Mid-Career Achievement Award, presented by @ats-eoph.bsky.social Learn more: site.thoracic.org/membership/a...

💫 Celebrating Nina M. Flores, PhD, on being honored with the Margaret Becklake Award! A well-deserved recognition of innovative research and meaningful contributions to improving respiratory and public health outcomes. Learn more: site.thoracic.org/membership/a... @ats-eoph.bsky.social

Honored to welcome Jon Stewart via livestream at the American Thoracic Section on Terrorism and Inhalation Disasters (TID) Annual Section Meeting on May 17, 2026, in Orlando, FL. Recognizing his advocacy for 9/11 responders, Veterans, and K-2 service members. #ATS2026 #TID

BIG & EXCITING update from the ATS TID! JON STEWART, host of The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com, will be on livestream @ TID annual meeting on Sunday May 17, 2026 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. at Chapin Theater, Level III, West Concourse, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL. @burnpits360.bsky.social