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Why It’s Essential for People with Autism to Receive Vaccines
Experts explain how misinformation about the link between autism and vaccines is putting many people at risk and how vaccines ...
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May 5 Kicks off Lung Cancer Action Week! Lung Association Offers Free Lung Cancer Screenings to Illinois Residents
The American Lung Association's Lung Cancer Action Week kicks off May 5 and it will place a focus on Black men and women getting screened for lung cancer.
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Nearly Half of People in the U.S. are Breathing Polluted Air—Are You at Risk?
“State of the Air” uses letter grades to measure unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone air pollution (also known as smog), ...
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Participation in Lung Health Cohort Research Study Leads to Early Cancer Diagnosis
Cindy was a healthy, 35-year-old woman with no symptoms of cancer when she joined the American Lung Association’s Lung Health ...
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Heeding the Call: Area Firefighters Unite to Raise Awareness of Lung Disease at Fight For Air Climb
On Saturday, May 3, more than 150 firefighters from five departments across the Atlanta area will join the American Lung Association to raise awareness and critical funds for people living with lung ...
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Las Olas Wine & Food Festival Raises Nearly $440K to Support American Lung Association’s Work
Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, Fort Lauderdale’s longest-running charitable wine and food festival, returned to Las Olas Boulevard tonight, raising nearly $440,000 to support the American Lung ...
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New ‘State of the Air’ Report Finds Amarillo Metro Area Ranks 79th Worst in the Country for Ozone Pollution
Today, the American Lung Association released the 2025 “State of the Air” report, which reveals that Amarillo metro area was named 79th most polluted in the nation for ozone pollution. Nationally, the ...
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New ‘State of the Air’ Report Finds Bozeman Metro Area Struggles with Short-Term Particle Pollution
Today, the American Lung Association released the 2025 “State of the Air” report, which reveals that Bozeman metro area (Gallatin County) was named 98th most polluted in the nation for particle ...
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New ‘State of the Air’ Report Finds Idaho Falls Metro Area Sees Improvement in Ozone Pollution
Today, the American Lung Association released the 2025 “State of the Air” report, which reveals that Idaho Falls metro area was named 165th most polluted in the nation for ozone pollution. Nationally, ...
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New ‘State of the Air’ Report Finds Boise Metro Area Continues to Struggle with Ozone and Particle Pollution
Today, the American Lung Association released the 2025 “State of the Air” report, which reveals that Boise metro area was named 36th most polluted in the nation for particle pollution. Nationally, the ...
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American Lung Association Heralds Senator Dick Durbin “a True Lung Health Champion”
In response to the announcement by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin that he will not seek re-election in 2026 and will retire after more than four decades in Congress, Harold Wimmer, President and CEO of the ...
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Lung Association, Tobacco Free Indiana Coalition, Lauds Indiana for Raising Tobacco Tax
The following is a statement from American Lung Association in Indiana’s Advocacy Director Tiffany Nichols with regards to increase of Indiana’s cigarette tax from $.995 to $2.99 “The American Lung ...