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- Canadians Urged to Stop Asking the Wrong Question About Lung Cancer
- Breathe Easy This Fall and Winter for Lung Health
- Canadian Lung Health Organizations: Finding Trusted Lung Health Resources and Support
- National Lung Health Resources in Canada: Where Can People with Lung Conditions Find Trusted Information and Support?
- Canadian Lung Health Organizations: Which One Is Right for You?
- How can I choose the right lung health charity in Canada to support or volunteer with?
- Wildfire, Air Quality: Protecting Your Health Today
- Ontario’s Lung Cancer Screening Program Ranks Among World’s Best, but Half of Patients Are Still Diagnosed at Advanced Stages, New Report Finds
- What the Data Won’t Tell You: The Story Behind Ontario’s Lung Cancer Report
- Lung Health Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members to Advance Lung Health for All Canadians
- Finding Pulmonary Rehabilitation Just Got Easier: The Canadian Pulmonary Rehabilitation Portal is Now Available in English and French!
- Supporting Research That Drives Change in Tobacco and Nicotine Advocacy
- Before the Blaze 2026: 5 Wildfire Preparation Tips to Protect Your Lung Health
- World No Tobacco Day (May 31): Public health leaders call for a national nicotine use reduction target, urge Federal Health Minister to immediately protect youth against nicotine vaping
- Lung Health Foundation Says Canada’s Current Access System to Emerging Therapies is Moving Slower than Modern Medicine
- Canadian Soccer Standout Cloey Uddenberg and Team Physician Dr. Kevin Asem Join Lung Health Foundation’s National Push to Keep Kids with Asthma in the Game
- Canada Exploring a Generational Tobacco Ban to Reduce Smoking Rates: What We Know So Far
- Lung Health Foundation Welcomes Delanya Podgers as Medical Director, Primary Care Asthma & COPD Program (PCAP)
- Renewed Support for Lung Cancer Research
- Opinion | Understanding evidence-based medicine matters for healthy communities
- From Paperwork to Patient Care: A Statement in Support of Bill C-265 [An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (List of Therapeutic Products Pre-approved for Special Access)]
- Lung Health Foundation Launches Bold 2026–2028 Strategic Plan to Transform Lung Health Across Canada
- Wildfire Smoke is Coming. Millions of Canadian Lungs Aren’t Ready.
- Breathe BIG, Win BIG: Third Draw Winner Announced!
- Clearer Air, Healthier Lungs: Join Our Upcoming Airwaves Webinar
- It’s back and bigger than ever for Phase 3 Breathe BIG, Win BIG 50/50 Raffle! 🎉
- Breathe BIG, Win BIG: We have an Early Bird Winner!
- Opinion: More Doctors Won’t Save Us if We Keep Creating New Patients
- STATEMENT: Lung Health Foundation Urges Survivors of “Indian Hospitals” to Submit Federal Settlement Claims
- Opinion: The Maldives just showed us how to save 48,000 Canadian lives every year
- The Lung Health Foundation Mourns the Loss of Board Member, The Honourable. Dr. Kirsty Duncan
- National Non-Smoking Week: Supporting Your Journey to Breathe Easier
- Flu Hospitalizations Are Rising Rapidly Across Canada: What H3N2 Means for Your Lung Health
- Opinion: Why we still don’t have a National Lung Health Strategy
- 5 Things You Should Know This Radon Action Month
- Breathe BIG, Win BIG: Second Draw Winner Announced!
- Meet Margo. Margo is at Risk for Lung Cancer.
- United for Lung Health: Highlights from New Brunswick’s Provincial Lung Cancer Advocacy Day
- What’s On: Lung Cancer Awareness Month 2025
- Protect Your Lungs This Fall: Is the Flu Shot Important?
- Lung Health Foundation Welcomes Dr. Vaibhav Gupta as Chief Medical Advisor
- Breathe BIG, Win BIG: Support Lung Health with Our 50/50 Raffle!
- Announcing the Lung Health Foundation’s NEW Airwaves Learning Series
- Lung Health Foundation announces 2025 Breathe Change Policy Series Themes
- Lung Health Foundation Joins Global Health Giants at the 80th United Nations General Assembly to Advance Milestone Lung Cancer Consensus Statement
- Nova Scotia starting free RSV vaccine program for seniors and infants
- Rise in Late-Stage Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers Highlights Need for Awareness and Screening
- Maggie Mac Neil: A Message of Hope for Kids With Asthma
- RSV Vaccine Expansion in Ontario: 2025 Guidance and Eligibility
- Breathe BIG, Win BIG: We Have a Winner!
- What Is September Spike and How Can We Prevent It?
- Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer
- No One Should Have to Face COPD Alone: How Louise Found a Lifeline
- The National Lung Health Alliance is calling on the federal government to transform Canada’s respiratory health
- Lung Health Foundation Encouraged by Ontario’s $1.8 Billion Primary Care Investment and Hopes Vital Respiratory Services Will Be Included
- Double Your Impact: How Employer Matching Gifts Can Help You Do More for Lung Health
- OPINION: Let’s help Ontario’s primary care teams catch their breath
- From breakthroughs to what’s next in lung health
- Lung Health Foundation Welcomes Three New Board Members to Strengthen its Mission to Improve the Lung Health of Canadians
- From breakthroughs to what’s next in lung health
- Lung Health Foundation Offers Grants to Help Advocates Grow
- Before the Blaze: 5 Wildfire Preparation Tips from the Lung Health Foundation
- Pride Month at the Lung Health Foundation (Featuring 3 Surprising Lung Health Facts)
- Celebrating One year of the Brief Conversations Toolkit: Empowering Canadian youth to quit vaping
- The Benefits of Having a Will—and How You Can Leave a Lasting Legacy
- OPINION: As other countries cut public health funding, Canada can lead in lung health
- Continuing your support of LHF during the Canada Post Strike
- This May, Leave a Legacy That Breathes Life Into the Future
- Say “Yes” Again: How You Can Help Canadians Living with Asthma Enjoy More of Life
- New Treatment Option Moving Towards Reimbursement for Adults with Operable Early-Stage NSCLC
- Know More, Breathe Better: How to Tell if Your Asthma is Well Controlled
- The Lung Health Foundation Congratulates the Newly Elected Liberal Government
- A Landmark Win, But More Work to Be Done
- Better Breathing Week 2025: A Look Back at the Biggest Lung Health Event of the Year
- Provinces Will Receive $24.7 Billion from the Tobacco Settlement. Let Them Know There’s a Right Way to Spend It.
- Lung Health IS Women’s Health: 3 Surprising Facts on International Women’s Day
- Canada’s Big Tobacco Settlement Falls Short: Provinces Face a Massive Financial Gap in Covering Tobacco-Related Costs, Says National Lung Health Alliance
- Stay Healthy This Flu Season: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
- Our health-care system isn’t taking lung health seriously and that’s costing lives
- A new collaboration between the Cancer Research Society and the Lung Health Foundation will unlock progress through translational lung cancer research
- Pfizer Canada and partners announce quality improvement grant recipients for Canada’s most prevalent cancers
- National Non-Smoking Week: A Call to Breathe Easier by Starting the Quit Journey with Lung Health Foundation
- Lung Health Foundation Announces New Leaders to Reshape Lung Healthcare in Canada
- Government of Canada Extends Charitable Donation Deadline to February 28, 2025
- What is Pneumonia, and Why is It Important to Know?
- ‘A Tragedy in the Making’: Approval of Canada’s Proposed $32.5 Billion Big Tobacco Settlement Risks Leaving Millions Living with Lung Disease Behind, Warns National Lung Health Alliance (NLHA)
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month highlights (and the 5 next steps that will create more survivors)
- WORLD COPD DAY NEWS: The first novel biologic treatment for COPD is under review with Canada’s Drug Agency.
- 3 Key Reasons Why Young Adults Should Consider a Will
- Continuing your support of LHF during the Canada Post Strike
- What is Radon, and Why Should You Care About Its Impact on Your Health?
- November is Make a Will Month: What Does it Mean to Leave a Legacy?
- Make A Will Month: What Are the Key Benefits of Having a Will?
- New Treatments, Novel Research Drive Better Survival Rates for Canadians with Lung Cancer, Offering Hope to Thousands: Lung Health Foundation
- Breathe Easy This Fall and Winter: Essential Tips for Healthy Lungs in Cold Weather
- SPOTLIGHT: RSV Vaccines in Ontario (and What’s New for 2024)
- Lung Health Foundation: New Evict Radon National Study Report Underscores ‘Urgent Need for Canada-Wide Advocacy’ to Reduce Dangerous Radon Levels in Canadian Homes
- “A meaningful first step in acknowledging decades of harm”: Lung Health Foundation Applauds Landmark $32.5 Billion Legal Settlement Against Tobacco Companies
- Lung Health Foundation announces 2024/2025 Breathe Change Policy Series Themes
- Understanding Chronic Cough: When a Cough is More Than Just a Cough
- CALLS OPEN: Present Your Research at Our Better Breathing Rapid-Fire Thesis Competition
- Don’t Let Breathlessness Stop You: It’s Time to Press Play on Life
- Join us for ‘Building a Vape-Free September’ on August 28th
- Lung Health Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) partner to support research into First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Lung Health
- Rock Out with Billy Idol and Support Lung Health!
- How Fitness Influences Lung Capacity and Overall Health
- Chasing Gold or Just Living Your Everyday Best: Lung Health Foundation and Olympian Maggie Mac Neil Team to Inspire Canadians to Make Daily Lung Care a Top Priority
- La Fondation pour la santé pulmonaire et les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) s’associent pour soutenir la recherche sur la santé pulmonaire des Premières Nations, des Inuits et/ou des Métis.
- Lung Health Foundation Appoints Donna Cansfield As New Chair of Board of Directors
- The Importance of Clean Air and Your Lungs
- Introducing the Hope Innovation Research Grants: A New Era for Lung Health Research
- Lung Health For All: Pride Month at the Lung Health Foundation
- Lung Health Foundation Teams with Ontario’s Public Health Units to Introduce ‘Brief Conversations Toolkit’ on World No Tobacco Day
- What’s the real-world solution to “quash” vaping in Ontario high schools?
- Lung Health Foundation and Ontario Ministry of Education Partner to Launch First Judgement-Free Initiative to “Quash” High School Vaping Crisis
- What’s the real-world solution to “quash” vaping in Ontario high schools?
- Let’s make a splash this #WorldAsthmaDay with Maggie Mac Neil
- Lung Health Foundation Applauds U.K.’s Bold Step to Ban Tobacco Products to Those Born in 2009 or Later – and Asks Canadians to “Take the Pledge to Create a Smoke-Free Generation”
- The Alliance for a Tobacco Free Ontario applauds the Chief Medical Officer Health of Ontario for a comprehensive 2023 Annual Report addressing tobacco and vape use
- An International Women’s Day message from Jessica Buckley
- COPD: A $10 Billion Threat to Canada’s Healthcare System by 2030
- Transforming Care for Canadians with Lung Cancer: Join Us in Making a Difference!
- This National Non-Smoking Week, Canada Must Prioritize the Health of its Youth and Recognize the Danger of Vaping
- Call for Applications: 2024 Career Establishment Research Award
- Olympic and World Champion Swimmer Maggie Mac Neil: “I understand the real fear of not being able to take a deep breath”
- Transforming Lives: The Power of Fitness for Breath Program
- 5 powerful ways to carry the spirit of Lung Cancer Awareness Month year round
- Katie’s inspiring lung cancer story (and #GivingTuesday call to action)
- Meet Lisa. She’s got some lung cancer wisdom to share.
- 5 things you need to know about RSV
- Meet Joey. Here’s his advice about lung cancer.
- World Pneumonia Day puts this dangerous lung infection in the spotlight
- Experts agree: THIS is the best time to get your flu shot
- Lung Health Foundation recognizes the Ford Government’s vape tax as the first crucial first step to addressing the youth vaping crisis
- Nurturing the Next Generation: The Lung Health Foundation’s Commitment to Young Scientists
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month: 5 reasons to be hopeful
- These simple tricks will help you get the best protection you get from vaccines
- LobbyDay2023 Recap: Uniting for Healthier Lungs and Cleaner Air
- The National Lung Health Alliance: Advocating for Changes
- Help us explore the feasibility of bringing mobile lung cancer screening to Ontario
- Lung Health Foundation Welcomes Rachel Jacobs as New Vice President of Partnerships and Development
- What are an estimated 750,000 Canadian youth doing DAILY?
- Protect your lung health from wildfire smoke and pollution
- MPP for Elgin-Middlesex-London, Rob Flack Honours Ryan’s Law in support of Asthma Awareness Month
- We can protect seniors from pneumococcal pneumonia. This report holds the key.
- Lung Health Foundation receives second-largest gift in its history of more than $1 million in support of research
- Lung Cancer and Staying Physically Active at Home
- Lung Cancer Awareness In The News
- Lung Cancer Patients Support Group
- World COPD Day
- Fight The Flu
- Breathe! Bash 2023
- It’s time for your Asthma Fall Tune Up!
- A Fresh Start: The entrepreneurial spirit of the Lung Health Foundation will live on
- Lung Health Foundation Announces New Chief Executive Officer, Jessica Buckley
- Money Matters and your lung health journey
- Supporting Canadians Living with COPD
- Revolutionizing Patient Care: The Role of Digital Health
- Annual Report 2021-2022
- Budget’s anti-vaping measures a breath of fresh air, but more must be done
- Lung Health Foundation Statement on Phillip Morris International’s Purchase of Vectura Group
- Treatment Access for ALK+ Lung Cancer Patients
- Arcade for Airways
- Share your COPD Story
- Our Partnership with OTS and ORCS: Update
- Better Breathing Week
- Putting Lung Health on the Agenda — What we’re watching for in Party Platforms this Federal Election
- Lung Health Foundation and Canada’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats present: COVID-19 Policy Forum Series
- Replay of our Instagram Live Q&A with Dr. Dawn Bowdish and Dr. Zain Chagla
- How Effective is Each COVID-19 Vaccine Against Each Variant?
- Annual Report 2020-2021
- Rallying Canadians to dedicate your vaccination and help get the word out to end the pandemic, together
- Alyssa’s Story
- New partnership gives Canadians trustworthy evidence, information about the evolving science driving the COVID-19 pandemic
- World Asthma Day Spotlight: Asthma in Ontario
- Canada needs a robust vaccine registry, not just a Band-Aid solution
- A new era in lung health
- New Resources to Help You Understand Asthma
- Why the Burden of Pneumococcal Disease is Underestimated and Misunderstood: Implications for Public Health Planning
- COPD Patients Benefit Through Partnership to Improve Access to Care
- The Toker swoops in to share the risks of cannabis smoke on lung health
- Walter Gretzky encourages Canadians to participate in the #MyLungLife Hockey Challenge
- Systemic Barriers Stand in the Way of Lung Health for All
- Lung Health Foundation Welcomes New Timeline for PMPRB Patented Medicines Guidelines
- Answers to your top 3 COVID-19 immunity questions
- Ensuring Access to Inhalers & Other Medications During COVID-19
- Good News Tuesday: Creative Canadians vs. COVID-19
- The Patented Medicines Price Review Board Proposed Guidelines & the Threat to Treatments for Lung Disease Patients
- Lung Health Phone Support Group
- Welcome to lunghealth.ca
- Evolving to better support the 1-in-5 Canadians living with lung disease
- Aging Shouldn’t Take Your Breath Away
- When Will Flu Vaccines Be Available?
- New report highlights knowledge gaps in COPD – a disease that one million Canadians do not even know they have
- Tackling the Vaping Epidemic
- Introducing the risks of cannabis on lung health
- Ask A Geek: How to cope with extreme heat?
- Ask A Geek: Help me move my workouts indoors SAFELY!
- Ask A Geek: Is climate change affecting my breathing?
- Ask A Geek: Planning an Asthma-safe Valentine’s Day
- Putting Breathing First During Big Health System Changes
- Press Release – Moving The Dial
- Ask A Geek: Short-term benefits of quitting smoking
- Ask A Geek: Alternative asthma therapies
- Ask A Geek: What’s up with vaping?
- Legalization opens door to quality research on cannabis effects on health
- Helping the Missing Million
