Francis has been at Rome's Gemelli hospital since Feb. 14 for a complex lung infection that turned into pneumonia in both ...

Pope Francis is no longer using mechanical ventilation for help breathing at night and his doctors believe he will continue ...

Complex airway surgery, particularly tracheal/carinal resection and reconstruction, is still considered as the “crown jewel” of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Notably, during these ...

Pope Francis has suspended the use of an oxygen mask, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that the 88-year-old's clinical ...

The statement added that while ventilation had been “suspended”, the pope still receives oxygen via a small plastic tube ...

In the most recent bulletin on Saturday, doctors said they were working to reduce the pope’s reliance on a non-invasive ventilation mask at night, in hopes of getting his lungs to work more.

Doctors in the most recent medical update on Saturday said they were working to reduce the pope’s nighttime reliance on the non-invasive ventilation mask, which will allow his lungs to work more.

In the most recent bulletin on Saturday, doctors said they were working to reduce the pope’s reliance on a non-invasive ventilation mask at night, which will allow his lungs to work more.