News Archive
- COPD Foundation Releases Spirometry Program on Medscape CME Site
August 16, 2010
- AARC Thanks COPDF for Participation in Virtual Lobby Day
August 10, 2010
- The National Health Council Applauds New Regulations on Insurance Claims Appeal Process
July 23, 2010
- FDA Warns Consumers, Pharmacists & Wholesalers Not to Use Stolen Advair Diskus Inhalers
July 19, 2010
- COPD Shuttle Featured on NHLBI’s ‘Director’s Corner’
July 13, 2010
- COPD Educator Course
July 12, 2010
- COPDF Releases New Guide on Home Oxygen Changes
July 9, 2010
- Cochrane Study Poorly Designed, Says Alpha-1 Foundation
July 8, 2010
- COPDF Submits Comments on a New Strategic Framework to Manage Multiple Chronic Conditions
June 22, 2010
- Stakeholders Meet to Draft Statewide COPD Action Plan in New York
June 3, 2010
- COPD Foundation Unveils Motion Simulator Capsule
May 6, 2010
- Foundation Now Offering Physician Program on COPD in Spanish
April 28, 2010
- First Maryland COPD Coalition Summit To Be Held This Month
April 15, 2010
- Stewart Windham, Long-time COPD Community Advocate, Passes at Age 55
March 24, 2010
- House Passes Health Care Reform; COPD Community Awaits to See Its Effects
March 23, 2010
- Reconciliation Bill Does Little to Improve on HME Provisions
March 23, 2010
- Change in Daylight Saving Time May Affect Your Medical Equipment in an Unpredictable Way
March 16, 2010
- US COPD Coalition holds webinar on Year of the Lung
March 2, 2010
- Program launched with MedscapeCME, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
February 23, 2010
- Celebrities ‘Tweet’ to Drive COPD Awareness and Action
February 18, 2010
- COPDF Partners in DRIVE4COPD Campaign; Daytona300 Kick-off Tomorrow
February 12, 2010
- “Hugs4Holly” campaign used Twitter, Super Bowl to help raise funds to pay for lung transplant
February 8, 2010
- New COPD Awareness Campaign, DRIVE4COPD, Kicks Off Today
February 3, 2010
- COPD Foundation Launches Year of the Lung Campaign, Joins Global Partners to Spread Awareness
January 29, 2010
- COPD Foundation’s Healthy People 2020 Public Comment, Re: COPD
January 13, 2010
- Foundation to Host Biomarker Qualification Workshop/Webcast, January 27-28
January 13, 2010
- Dr. Tom Petty Memorial to be Created for Pioneer, Advocate
December 18, 2009
- Foundation to Honor Dr. Mehmet Oz at New York City Fundraiser for COPD
December 8, 2009
- New Survey Provides Insights for Patients and Caregivers Managing COPD
November 30, 2009
- COPD Awareness Night at the Everblades
November 20, 2009
- Foundation Commends Congress for Recognizing the Importance of COPD During Awareness Month
November 19, 2009
- Every 4 Minutes an American Dies of COPD, 24 Million Americans Have COPD, 12 Million Don’t Know It
November 18, 2009
- New Report Shows COPD Affects Younger Generations, National Concern that Impacts All Americans
November 18, 2009
- Foundation Engages in Grassroots Advocacy Efforts on World COPD Day, November COPD Awareness Month
November 12, 2009
- COPD Foundation Plans Advocacy, Awareness Activities Throughout November COPD Month
October 30, 2009
- John Walsh, President, Interviewed for Allergy and Asthma Magazine
October 29, 2009
- Foundation Congratulates Dr. Collins and Dr. Bird
October 7, 2009
- COPD Foundation Congratulates Community Organizations Awarded NHLBI Funds for Outreach Efforts
October 1, 2009
- Drugmakers Offer Discounts to Lower Costs for Patients
September 23, 2009
- New Quality of Life Tool for COPD Patients Launched: Foundation Endorses COPD Assessment Test (CAT)
September 18, 2009
- COPDF Statement: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
September 10, 2009
- Advair Drug Recall for Lot #9ZP7632
August 24, 2009
- Operation 435 Action Alert: Contact Your Representative to Join the Congressional COPD Caucus Today
July 28, 2009
- Francis Collins, former head of National Human Genome Research Institute, to head of NIH
July 9, 2009
- Retirees May Need to Save More to Cover Health Care Costs
June 18, 2009
- More than Half of Americans are Cutting Costs in their Medical Care
June 18, 2009
- COPD Foundation Launches Online “Lung Health Check” on WebMD
May 18, 2009
- COPDF & American Association for Respiratory Care Launch COPD Educator Course Series
May 6, 2009
- 25 Worst Cities For Ozone Pollution (Forbes.com)
May 2, 2009
- Almirall, Forest Labs Researching New COPD Drug Application for 2012
May 2, 2009
- Swine Flu Raised to Phase 5, Cautions for Individuals with Lung Disease
April 29, 2009
- New MSU Dates Added!
April 26, 2009
- Advocates in Chicago Raising Awareness for Alpha-1 Testing
April 24, 2009
- NIH Draft Guidelines on Stem Cell Research Receives Some Praise, Some Concern
April 20, 2009
- National Health Council’s “Put Patients First” Needs 3,000 Signatures in 3 Weeks
April 11, 2009
- Dietary Counseling Helped Some with COPD, Study Shows
April 8, 2009
- COPD Action Alert! Operation 435: Mission #2
April 7, 2009
- Burden of COPD: Racial Disparities Among the Medicaid Population
April 7, 2009
- Senators Lincoln and Crapo send “Dear Colleague” Letter in Support of $1M COPD Program at CDC
April 7, 2009
- People with COPD May Have Problems with Swallowing-Breathing Dynamic
March 27, 2009
- Boston U Medical School Find Link to COPD
March 26, 2009
- Foundation President to Co-chair Session at First World Conference of COPD Patients in Rome
March 23, 2009
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Linked to COPD
March 23, 2009
- COPDGene Study reached 3,000!
March 20, 2009
- COPD Action Alert! Ask Your Congressman to Sign the Letter for $1 Million to Fight COPD!
March 19, 2009
- Kamada Completes Step in Study of Inhaled AAT with Bronchiectasis Patients
March 19, 2009
- COPD Foundation Assisting with Medicare Home-Oxygen User Complaints
March 9, 2009
- FDA Approves Symbicort for COPD
March 4, 2009
- National Jewish Health Receives Grant to Launch Spirometry Training Program
February 11, 2009
- Correction to Phone Number for Reporting Oxygen Service Complaints
January 21, 2009
- Welcome to the New COPD Foundation website!
January 7, 2009
- US COPD Coalition commends federal action to improve lives of Americans with lung disease
December 31, 2008
- Survey finds growing awareness of COPD, nation’s 4th Leading killer
December 31, 2008
- Foundation President John Walsh one of six appointed to NIH Council of Public Representatives
December 31, 2008
- QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: Regarding Meta‐analysis Report Concerning Inhaled Tiotropium (Spiriva®)
December 31, 2008
- FDA Panel Expresses Safety Concerns about Asthma Drugs
December 22, 2008
- First Florida COPD Summit scheduled in Orlando November 7, 2008
November 11, 2008
- Inhaled Anticholinergics and Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With COPD
November 11, 2008
- COPD Awareness Night with the Durham Bulls
September 24, 2008
- Florida COPD Summit aims at statewide COPD Coalition, action plan
August 12, 2008
- COPD Patients Need More Information About Their Disease
July 28, 2008
- Medicare Bill Passes - Congress Overrides Presidents Veto
July 21, 2008
- Congress overrides Medicare payment bill veto
July 18, 2008
- ACTION ALERT! Critical signatures needed for MDI Transition
July 14, 2008
- Foundation President & Dr. Trapnell Receive Awards
July 14, 2008
- DOT Rule Mandates that Airlines Must Accept Carry-On Portable Oxygen Concentrators Aboard Flights
July 14, 2008
- Lung diseases are the fourth-leading cause of death in Florida
July 14, 2008
- Tribute to Gary A. Bain
May 5, 2008
- Recognizing the week of April 7, 2008, to April 13, 2008, as ‘National Public Health Week’.
May 2, 2008
- Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review of Tiotropium
April 10, 2008
- Alpha-1, COPD Foundations Sponsor Workshop on Standardizing CT Scans for COPD
April 3, 2008
- Genetic Link Tied to Smoking Addiction
April 3, 2008
- Six Killers
March 11, 2008
- Q&A: John Walsh
March 11, 2008
- From Smoking Boom, a Major Killer of Women
March 11, 2008
- Enhancing COPD Management in Primary Care Settings
February 12, 2008
- ACTION ALERT! Regulatory Rulemaking will impact availability of Combivent
February 11, 2008
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Growing but Neglected Global Epidemic
February 11, 2008
