We hardly ever stop to take a breath! Keep up-to-date with the Lung Health Foundation’s latest news.
LHF in the News
January 18, 2026
This National Non-Smoking Week, the Lung Health Foundation invites you to to reflect, learn, and support one another on the path toward better lung health. Whether you currently smoke, are thinking about cutting back, or have already started your quit journey, this week is about encouragement—not pressure.
December 22, 2025
Flu hospitalizations are rising rapidly across Canada as the H3N2 strain spreads. Learn why this season’s flu is causing more severe illness and how immunization can help protect your lung health.
November 20, 2025
Canada needs a strategy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma with integrated surveillance systems, improved access to care, and targeted programs to reduce hospitalizations.
Media Release
October 8, 2026
Canada ranks 17th out of 45 countries on the Global COPD Index, despite having a publicly funded health-care system that should place us near the top. In Chapleau and White River, Ont., people braved winter roads for a minutes-long test. When access arrived, people came.
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.
September 28, 2026
Hope Innovation Research Grant honours the life and legacy of Lloyd Alexander Hope through “high risk, high reward” research.
Blog
October 27, 2025
Lung cancer is still the leading cause of cancer-related death in Canada. About 1 in 14 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer at some point in our lives. While the statistics are sobering, Lung Cancer Awareness Month is about so much more than statistics.
October 24, 2025
As the weather cools, flu season begins, and so does the risk of respiratory illness.
October 7, 2025
Dr. Vaibhav Gupta, a Canadian thoracic surgeon with advanced robotic surgery training and a PhD in public health, joins the Lung Health Foundation as Chief Medical Advisor.
