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Westchester Schools Benefit From Federal Asthma Aid
The Daily Voice Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) and Nita Lowey (D – Westchester/Rockland) announced new federal funding for asthma research and training for school nurses and teachers at a press conference held at Port Chester Middle School on Monday. Port Chester … |
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UC gets federal money for childhood asthma study
Cincinnati.com The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department has dropped $688,261 on UC to learn about using high-efficiency particulate air – HEPA – filtration in homes with children who suffer from asthma. HEPA filters are special because they must meet U.S. … |
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Care2.com |
Asthma Cases Increase as Cities Continue to Ignore Federal Ozone Standards
Care2.com Ground-level ozone robs hundreds of thousands of Americans with asthma and other respiratory ailments of quality of life. It sends thousands of children to emergency rooms each year and costs us billions in healthcare costs, lost productivity and … |
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Federal grant benefits UML asthma study
The Sun LOWELL — UMass Lowell has been awarded a $750,000 federal grant for research toward a goal of reducing episodes of asthma among senior citizens living in Lowell public housing. Studies show asthma is under-diagnosed among seniors and that … |
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Column: Refusing federal money risks needless asthma deaths
Tampabay.com There is no reason for asthma to kill him, but if Florida refuses to expand Medicaid the chances are great that it could. He makes less than $16,000 per year and has no health insurance. His employer provides none, and he cannot afford to buy a policy … |
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 Plain Dealer |
Asthma: Cleveland doctor, federal officials lobby for home visits, repairs to …
Plain Dealer asthma1.jpg Gus Chan, The Plain DealerAkbar Tyler, a healthy-housing manager with the nonprofit group Environmental Health Watch, talks with Velma Lewis about reducing asthma triggers. Tyler has visited 25 Cleveland area homes in the past year under … |
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American Lung Association Asks for Help to Save Federal Asthma Funding
news Stories The American Lung Association is warning that 25 million Americans, including 7 million children, who suffer from asthma could be put at risk if the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) National Asthma Control Program (NACP) is eliminated, … |
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$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African …
Newswise (press release) Researchers say their initial goal is to find genetic variations underlying asthma and to explain why the disease disproportionately afflicts blacks. As much as 20 percent of African-Americans have asthma, a disease often associated with allergies and … |
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Asthma research benefits from federal grant
ABC Online The recipient of a federal health research grant says the money will help her study whether taking fish oil during pregnancy reduces asthma and allergies in children. Professor Maria Makrides has been following 2500 mothers and children and will use … $430000 fish oil effect study |
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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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