We hardly ever stop to take a breath! Keep up-to-date with the Lung Health Foundation’s latest news.
LHF in the News
Media Release
July 17, 2024
Ready. Set. Breathe, Canada. Something exciting is in the air as the Lung Health Foundation (LHF) teams with Olympic champion and lung health advocate Maggie Mac Neil for a “breathtaking” multi-platform national awareness campaign just in time for the Paris Summer Games. Canada’s trusted go-to public resource for lung health has partnered with the 100m butterfly gold medalist – one of 3.8 million Canadians who live with asthma – to make waves showcasing how our lungs are the real champions of athletic excellence, and of life’s everyday moments.
July 3, 2024
The Lung Health Foundation (LHF) (lunghealth.ca), Canada’s leading non-profit lung health organization, today announced new appointments to its Board of Directors, reinforcing its commitment to improving lung health for all Canadians.
May 31, 2024
In alignment with World No Tobacco Day, the Lung Health Foundation has partnered with Ontario’s Public Health Units to introduce the Brief Conversations Toolkit, a robust bilingual online resource that aims to shrink the unprecedented youth vaping crisis in Canada by increasing brief contact intervention (BCI) knowledge and application among those who work with or care for the nation’s youth.
Blog
September 5, 2025
As the rates of late-stage lung cancer in nonsmokers rise in Canada, researchers are advocating for increased awareness and screening.
September 4, 2025
The first week of school is the perfect time for Maggie’s message of hope because of the September Spike — a serious increase in asthma flare-ups coinciding with back-to-school season.
August 28, 2025
The Ontario government is expanding the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) prevention program to include all individuals aged 75 years and older, helping to protect those most vulnerable during the upcoming respiratory illness season.
