16 Jan 2024
Simple New Year’s resolution to save lives
Keeping a New Year’s resolution to stay up to date with your COVID vaccinations will save lives and protect against long COVID, and a coalition of Australia’s leading health organisations is urging people to put it at the top of their 2024 to-do list.
13 Dec 2023
Australia’s engineered stone ban a world leader, countless lives saved
A ban on engineered stone importation into Australia puts us at the world forefront in the fight to obliterate the deadly resurgence of silicosis completely, the nation’s peak lung health body said today.
05 Dec 2023
Don’t give COVID for Christmas – Lung Foundation Australia
The nation’s peak lung health body has urged Australians to ensure they’re up-to-date with COVID vaccinations as we head into the busy festive season.
29 Nov 2023
Aussies now paying an astronomical $4.5b on lung diseases each year
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released today has laid bare shocking new spending highs on lung disease and injury in Australia, much of which is on preventable illness.
28 Nov 2023
Vape import ban will save a generation from poisonous addiction
The nation’s peak lung health body strongly supports the January 1 incoming ban on the importation of single-use vape products, which will save countless Australians from disease and addiction.
21 Nov 2023
Timely update for Australian doctors treating most common symptom
A critical clinical update on the management of a common symptom will help doctors treating patients with cough to highlight red flags and zero in on targeted treatment plans; and is fully supported by Lung Foundation Australia.
17 Nov 2023
Lung Foundation Australia welcomes desperately needed nurses’ commitment
A $166 million boost to Australia’s cancer services announced by the Federal Government today will save lives and help improve outcomes for thousands of families.
16 Nov 2023
Bunnings and Ikea ban on engineered stone boon for workers’ safety
The nation’s peak lung health body has commended hardware giant Bunnings, as well as Ikea, on their decisive action to ban engineered stone from their stores across the country.
14 Nov 2023
Killer disease thousands don’t realise they’re battling, costing us a billion each year
The nation’s peak lung health body is calling for more funding to care for hundreds of thousands of Australians currently living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), as we mark World COPD Day this Wednesday 15 November.
02 Nov 2023
Lung Foundation Australia commends national Cancer Plan
The nation’s peak lung health body has commended the Australian Cancer Plan released today during Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung cancer is Australia’s leading cause of cancer death.
