Each Breath Blog
Breathing is essential to life, and through this blog, we hope to illustrate the importance of lung health. Hear directly from experts, researchers, staff and volunteers about our ongoing fight for healthy lungs and healthy air.
Mission Moment April – 2020
On April 9, the American Lung Association launched a COVID-19 Action Initiative, a comprehensive $25M initiative to end COVID-19 and defend against future respiratory virus pandemics. Read More
A New Normal? For Now.
The surgery was complex. She and I met each other face to face for the first time the day before. Such is the “new normal” providing care for people in the need of lung cancer surgery during the COVID-19 epidemic. Read More
What Is Air? Honoring the Legacy of Janice Nolen on Earth Day
Clean air is something that we all need. We breathe so many times a day that many of us don’t really think about our air quality, or even air at all. But for those who have experienced the struggle to breathe we know how precious air is. Read More
Life After Cancer: The Bright Side of COVID-19
In light of the scary statistics we are seeing on the news, it may seem like an oxymoron to speak about the bright of side of COVID-19. You probably could say the same thing about having lung cancer. Read More
From the Frontlines: The Spread of Misinformation
Last night, I got a text message letting me know my COVID-19 test was negative and I was cleared to leave quarantine and return to work. This was another surreal moment in this endless month of Quarantinary. Read More
From the Frontlines: An Update from Navajo Nation
In the early part of March, before the COVID-19 outbreak began ravaging the United States, I could be seen roaming the halls of my hospital telling my favorite social distancing jokes. Today, the jokes are not funny. Read More
From the Frontlines: Confronting Fear
As a health care provider, I’m fearful for my patients and for the sustainability of the health care system across the country. I’m fearful for my family and friends, some at much greater risk than myself. Read More
Understanding the Different Types of Testing for COVID-19
There are two different but important types of tests now being talked about. The detection test that has been in the news from the start is a test based on nasal swabs that can detect the presence of the novel coronavirus in an individual. Read More
Top Story: Lung Association’s Janice Nolen Receives Prestigious Award for Work in Healthy Air
Janice Nolen, the American Lung Association’s Assistant Vice President, National Policy and lead author of the annual “State of the Air” report, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award for 2019 Read More
When COVID-19 Eclipses Lung Cancer Concerns
In June 2018, my family’s world was thrown off-balance when our beloved matriarch – my then 70-year-old mom – was diagnosed seemingly out of the blue with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. Read More
