Join the #TakeTheActiveOption challenge in September

The European Lung Foundation (ELF) has launched this year's Healthy Lungs for Life (HLfL) campaign with the #TakeTheActiveOption challenge. The challenge encourages participants to be active for 21 minutes per day (or 150 minutes per week) to shine a light on the benefits of being active to protect lung health, and to help raise funds that support ELF's work in providing accessible patient information in a variety of languages. The challenge is open to anyone of any ability, and can be completed individually or as part of a team of friends, family and/or colleagues. Sign up for the challenge before 10 August to receive a free HLfL neck gaiter!

Coming soon from the ERS Monograph

Look out for the following titles, coming soon in the ERS Monograph book series: Pulmonary Rehabilitation (pre-order now to receive a €10 discount on your print copy), COVID-19, Eosinophilic Lung Diseases and Sarcoidosis. Visit ersbookshop.com to browse all the titles in the ERS Monograph collection.

Plan your virtual congress experience with programme highlights

The ERS International Congress will feature more than 400 exciting sessions covering the entire respiratory field. To help you to navigate the extensive programme, ERS officers and leaders in respiratory medicine have selected a variety of programme highlights, including what's happening in the eight major respiratory disease areas, top picks, highlights for specialist groups, returning favourites and new features. View all the programme highlights

There's an ERS Monograph to suit your needs

Occupational and Environmental Lung Disease, Pleural Disease and Pulmonary Manifestations of Systemic Diseases are amongst our most popular ERS Monographs. But we have a broad range available, covering topics such as Lung Stem Cells in Development, Health and Disease, Clinical Exercise Testing and Supporting Tobacco Cessation. Visit books.ersjournals.com to access the Monograph online or ersbookshop.com to order print copies. And if you can't see a Monograph that suits your needs, email us at monograph@ersnet.org – we're always interested in hearing your ideas.

Pulmonary Rehabilitation – pre-order your copy

The forthcoming ERS Monograph on Pulmonary Rehabilitation is now available to pre-order. Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective treatment for people with a range of chronic lung diseases. In recent years, there have been substantial advances in the science underpinning pulmonary rehabilitation. Advances have been seen in the patient groups in whom it is indicated; in the breadth of programme content; in new methods of delivery; and not least, in important outcomes. This Monograph brings together scientific and clinical expertise in pulmonary rehabilitation, with the aim of optimising its delivery in clinical practice. Pre-order your print copy at ersbookshop.com before 18 August and receive a €10 discount.

Breathe: adherence to treatment

The latest issue of Breathe focuses on adherence to treatment. Review articles examine the clinical impact of (non-)adherence to therapy as well as ways to measure adherence to therapy in airways disease. Another article looks at why a patient may or may not take medicines as agreed, and identifying approaches that can be used to support better adherence. The issue also features a perspective on the use of a breathing simulator to improve simulation-based education for NIV. Read the Chief Editor's introductory editorial here or visit breathe.ersjournals.com to browse the issue.

ERS journals awarded highest Impact Factors to date

In the latest iteration of Clarivate Analytics' Journal Citation Reports, the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) and European Respiratory Review (ERR) have been awarded with their highest Journal Impact Factors to date. ERJ is now ranked third in the respiratory system category, with an Impact Factor of 16.671. ERR's Impact Factor of 8.839 puts it eighth in the same category. ERS would like to congratulate the editors and their boards for this achievement, and thank the authors, reviewers and readers for their continued support of the ERS publications.