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Source of shots linked to fatal asthma attack disputed
Boston Globe (subscription) On a rainy night in January 2012, gunfire erupted on Blue Hill Avenue, and Kelvin Rowell took off running. No one was struck by the shots, but Rowell, 40, did not escape unharmed. He suffered a severe asthma attack after the shooting incident, slipped … |
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In fatal asthma attack trial, defense focuses on who shot first
Boston Globe (subscription) The defense attorney for a Boston man facing an unusual murder charge for allegedly firing a gun and causing a bystander who ran away to suffer a fatal asthma attack said Tuesday that another man was to blame because he fired his gun first. Delivering … |
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Boston jury to decide if fatal asthma attack was a case of murder
Fox News Are you then accountable if it turns out one of the people who ran has asthma?” Daniel Medwed, a Northeastern University criminal law professor, told the newspaper. “Let's take it another step. . . . It's foreseeable that someone who ran for their life … Asthmatic's death forges new legal ground Shooter faces murder charges after Kelvin Rowell fleeing scene dies from … |
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Study shows asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city
Boston Globe For more than 50 years, researchers have described childhood asthma as a plague of the inner city — urban areas where 20 percent or more of the population lives below the poverty line. But a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University … |
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Did enterovirus D68 cause limb paralysis in children?
Boston Globe Tufts's pediatric intensive care unit saw double the usual number of patients during September, as the bug identified as enterovirus D68 triggered severe asthma attacks, mostly in children with underlying lung disease. And then, just as suddenly as it … |
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Was virus the cause of limb paralysis in children?
Boston Globe Tufts's pediatric intensive care unit saw double the usual number of patients during September, as the bug identified as enterovirus D68 triggered severe asthma attacks, mostly in children with underlying lung disease. And then, just as suddenly as it … |
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Virus is suspect in mystery of limb paralysis in children
Boston Globe Tufts's pediatric intensive care unit saw double the usual number of patients during September, as the bug identified as enterovirus D68 triggered severe asthma attacks, mostly in children with underlying lung disease. And then, just as suddenly as it … |
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Massachusetts receives $1.75M for asthma programs
Boston Herald Public Health Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett said the funding will be used to test pioneering models for the delivery of home-based care for older adults with asthma and to increase local policies that improve home and school environments for children … Massachusetts receives $1.75M for asthma programs – ABC6 – Providence, RI … |
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Boston Children's Hospital asthma initiative receives Medicaid endorsement
Boston Business Journal (blog) But a hospital initiative to provide some untraditional care to children with repeat asthma problems has helped significantly cut down on repeat ER visits. Now the state is endorsing the model through a pilot program that will offer bundled payments … |
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Be Well: Phthalates may raise asthma risk in children
Boston Globe Children born to mothers who were exposed to high levels of some phthalates, chemicals found in many common household products including plastics, may have a high risk of developing asthma, a new study found. Researchers at Columbia University's … |
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