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Rise in Late-Stage Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers Highlights Need for Awareness and Screening

September 5, 2025

As the rates of late-stage lung cancer in nonsmokers rise in Canada, researchers are advocating for increased awareness and screening.

Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer

August 19, 2025

Doctors say they’re seeing a growing number of non-smokers contracting lung cancer, warning Canadians to be aware of radon exposure.

Lung Health Foundation Encouraged by Ontario’s $1.8 Billion Primary Care Investment and Hopes Vital Respiratory Services Will Be Included

August 4, 2025

As Ontario commits $1.8 billion to expand access to team-based primary care, the Lung Health Foundation (LHF) is calling on the government to take a vital next step: ensure that Respiratory Therapists and Certified Respiratory Educators (CREs) are included in these frontline care teams.

Media Release

Your Postal Code Shouldn’t Determine Your COPD Care. In Canada, It Still Does.

October 5, 2026

Lung Health Foundation’s new Canadian COPD Performance Index finds significant shortfalls in COPD care across the country, driven by missing data, workforce shortages and no national strategy. Here’s where your region stands.

Hope Innovation Research Grant

September 28, 2026

Hope Innovation Research Grant honours the life and legacy of Lloyd Alexander Hope through “high risk, high reward” research.

Alberta Becomes Ninth Province to Offer Free RSV Immunization to All Newborns

September 23, 2026

Alberta has become the ninth of Canada’s 10 provinces to offer free RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) immunization to all babies born in hospital during the respiratory virus season.