Oakland: Strict guidelines for taking kids with asthma on fieldstrips, but how … – Inside Bay Area

Oakland: Strict guidelines for taking kids with asthma on fieldstrips, but how
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To protect students with asthma while on fieldstrips, the Oakland Unified School District adopted strict guidelines. But many teachers aren't aware of the rules. In a survey of 32 teachers at Fremont High School, 87 percent said that they did not know

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Oakland: Tribune to hold public forum next week on impact of asthma – Inside Bay Area

Oakland: Tribune to hold public forum next week on impact of asthma
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In Alameda County, the asthma hospitalization rate — 20.3 stays for every 10,000 children — is nearly twice the state average and the third-highest in California, after Imperial and Fresno counties. Some Oakland neighborhoods send children to the

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Attacking Asthma: Program to keep kids out of hospital saves tax dollars, but … – Inside Bay Area

Attacking Asthma: Program to keep kids out of hospital saves tax dollars, but
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Like every other young patient treated on the Breathmobile, an asthma clinic on wheels, Tyree, 13, receives respiratory exams, medication, equipment and periodic checkups that help control his asthma, all for free. His experience illustrates that

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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – Willits News

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Willits News
Each year, asthma attacks send tens of thousands of California children to the emergency room. Some of the patients face such severe and enduring symptoms that they are admitted to the hospital for days. In 2010, the state had more than 11,000 such
Pamela Tapia: My life as an asthmaticSan Jose Mercury News

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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – Marin Independent-Journal

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Marin Independent-Journal
Each year, asthma attacks send tens of thousands of California children to the emergency room. Some of the patients face such severe and enduring symptoms that they are admitted to the hospital for days. In 2010, the state had more than 11,000 such
Pamela Tapia: My life as an asthmaticSan Jose Mercury News

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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – Mercury-Register

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Mercury-Register
Each year, asthma attacks send tens of thousands of California children to the emergency room. Some of the patients face such severe and enduring symptoms that they are admitted to the hospital for days. In 2010, the state had more than 11,000 such
Pamela Tapia: My life as an asthmaticSan Jose Mercury News

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