10 Oct 2024
New survey reveals WA workers’ education around silicosis is lacking, putting workers at greater risk of lung disease
New survey results released last week by Lung Foundation Australia exposes a dangerous gap in workers’ understanding of silicosis, a lung disease that poses an ongoing threat to 600,000 Australian workers in Construction, Mining/Quarrying, Manufacturing, and Tunnelling.
10 Oct 2024
New survey reveals at-risk Victorian workers’ concern about developing silicosis is significantly lower than the national average
New survey results released last week by Lung Foundation Australia exposes a dangerous gap in workers’ understanding of silicosis, a lung disease that poses an ongoing threat to 600,000 Australian workers in Construction, Mining/Quarrying, Manufacturing, and Tunnelling.
01 Oct 2024
New survey calls for continued awareness around silicosis despite engineered stone ban
As Australia marks the beginning of National Safe Work Month, Lung Foundation Australia are working to break the stigma and silence on silicosis and the ongoing threat it poses to 600,000 Australian workers.
04 Sep 2024
This September, be aware of pulmonary fibrosis!
As Australia joins other nations around the world to mark Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month in September, new research suggests people with pulmonary fibrosis fare worse when they live near a main road.
19 Aug 2024
Australia’s child vaccination rates are world-leading. Our adult rates are not.
Australia’s woeful adult vaccination rates could be significantly bolstered if they were promoted better and made cheaper and easier for people to obtain.
01 Aug 2024
Meet the Researcher on World Lung Cancer Day!
Dr Mal Itchins is the recipient of Lung Foundation Australia’s Kha Kiang Khoo Memorial Award in ROS-1 Lung Cancer Research.
01 Aug 2024
Time for QLD to act on State’s biggest cancer killer
Lung cancer is Queensland’s leading cause of cancer death each year
01 Aug 2024
World Lung Cancer Day – One year out from lifesaving screening
Australia’s National Lung Cancer Screening Program is now less than one year out from getting underway, making this World Lung Cancer Day a day of celebration and reflection for the country’s lung health community.
25 Jun 2024
1,000 more teens will start vaping per week if Parliament delays critical vaping bill
Joint statement from Cancer Council Australia, Public Health Association of Australia, and Lung Foundation Australia
19 Jun 2024
NSW Budget a slap in the face for lung cancer community
Lung Foundation Australia is hugely disappointed in the Minns Government budget released today, which fails their state’s lung cancer community.
