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Key Asthma Budget Item Signed Into Law in Missouri
STLtoday.com Medicaid will begin reimbursing Missouri healthcare providers that perform home assessments and asthma education to high-risk children with severe asthma, beginning July 1, 2015. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon approved a $500,000 line item in the state's … |
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Did Budget Cuts Cause a 12-Year-Old to Die of Asthma?
AllGov A West Philadelphia schoolgirl died following an asthma flare up at school, where no nurse was available to help the student due to budget cuts, a lawsuit contends. Laporshia Massey, 12, was declared dead at a local hospital in September 2013. The … |
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Philadelphia officials eye school budget cuts in girl's asthma death
Fox News After a Philadelphia sixth-grader was laid to rest this week after her death from asthma, state and local officials are calling for a review of the budget cuts that eliminated the school nurse they say may have saved her life. Responding to questions … Outrage grows over sixth grader's death due to asthma Sixth-grader dies from asthma complications, no school nurse on duty 6th Grader Laporshia Massey Dies From Asthma Complications With No School … |
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LIVE: Dozens Gather to Voice Concern at School Budget Hearing
Patch.com He has a boy with asthma who's excited about heading off to Edgewater but that he's nervous to send him there. "Move up the timeline of the feasability study so our kids can be safe," Knight said. 7:57 pm – Holli Meissner – She's a parent at Edgewater … |
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School nurses dodge cuts to budget
Brunswick News "We're talking about diabetes, asthma, food allergies – and all of those are life-threatening emergencies," said Lisa Byrns, president of the Georgia Association of School Nurses and the school nurse at St. Simons Elementary School. … Teachers, staff help nurses as needs rise |
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New Yorkers with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts
PR-USA.net (press release) The American Lung Association in New York announced today its strong support for continued funding of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Asthma Control Program, which has worked to integrate and coordinate the public health … Asthma rates up, despite less smoking and air pollution Nearly one 1 in 12 in US have asthma: study CDC: Asthma Rates Keep Rising |
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Illinois Residents with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts
PR-USA.net (press release) The American Lung Association in Illinois announced today its strong support for continued funding of the US Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) National Asthma Control Program, which has worked to integrate and coordinate the public health response to … Asthma rates up, despite less smoking and air pollution Nearly one 1 in 12 in US have asthma: study CDC: Asthma Rates Keep Rising |
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Illinois Residents with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts
PR Newswire (press release) CHICAGO, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Lung Association in Illinois announced today its strong support for continued funding of the US Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) National Asthma Control Program, which has worked to … What is asthma? What is Asthma? Symptom watch: Do I have asthma? |
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Sharon Collins: It makes no sense to sacrifice health to balance the budget
Monroe News Star The US House of Representatives recently passed a spending bill that would have drastic effects for all Americans, especially those with lung diseases such as asthma and COPD. The House voted to cut the budget of the National Institutes of Health by $1 … |
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Chambersburg Area school board to vote on budget, tax hike
The Chambersburg Area school board is expected to vote tonight on the district’s final budget, which calls for a 5.5 percent property tax increase. A preliminary budget was approved by the board in April that includes a property tax increase to 89.62 mills.
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