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Aurora girl suffering asthma attack didn’t die from crash, officials say – Chicago Tribune

Aurora girl suffering asthma attack didn't die from crash, officials say
Chicago Tribune
An Aurora girl died of "a medical issue" and not from a crash that occurred when her mother was rushing her to a hospital to treat an asthma attack Monday, authorities said. Kayla Bell, 3, was pronounced dead at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, …
Coroner: Aurora tot died from medical complications, not crashChicago Sun-Times
Aurora child dies as mom crashes car rushing her to hospitalChicago Daily Herald
Illinois girl, 3, dies as mom rushes her to hospitalRockford Register Star

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Residents seek meeting with coke plant officials – Pittsburgh Post Gazette


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Residents seek meeting with coke plant officials
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Residents of municipalities downwind from the Shenango Coke Works on Neville Island are concerned about the company's long history of air pollution violations and childhood asthma levels in the Northgate School …
Residents Hand-Deliver Letter to Coke Plant Asking for Face-to-Face MeetingEssential Public Radio

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Officials: Girl Who Collapsed In Ocean County Gym Class Died Of Asthma – CBS New York


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Officials: Girl Who Collapsed In Ocean County Gym Class Died Of Asthma
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MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ (CBSNewYork/AP) — Authorities say asthma caused the death of a girl who collapsed during gym class at an Ocean County high school this week. County prosecutors tell the Asbury Park Press that an autopsy performed Friday …
Manchester girl, 14, who died after collapsing during gym class had asthma …The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Autopsy: Asthma caused death of southern NJ high school student who collapsed …The Republic

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Ozone alert prompts officials to warn against outdoor activity. – Denver Post

Ozone alert prompts officials to warn against outdoor activity.
Denver Post
Ground-level ozone is expected to reach the "moderate" to "unhealthy" levels. "Active children and adults and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion between 1 pm and 11 pm," the health department stated …
Ozone alert issued for Colorado's Front RangeNorthern Colorado 5

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City Officials Battle Asthma In The Bronx – NY1


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City Officials Battle Asthma In The Bronx
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City officials are trying to reduce asthma-related school absences through education, and in a few weeks, results of air quality tests will give residents a better idea of how at-risk they are. "We know roughly 17 percent of our students may have …
NY State Sen. Jeffrey Klein Unveils Plan To Fight AsthmaWFUV News
New plan to combat asthma in the Bronx7Online.com
Senator Takes Up Asthma Initiative in the Bronx Where Rates Are Among Nation's …WNYC (blog)

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Officials warn of poor RI air quality – Turn to 10.com


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Officials warn of poor RI air quality
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It also advises people to stay in an air-conditioned environment if possible, especially those who have asthma and other respiratory difficulties. Regular Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus and trolley services will be free Monday to encourage …
Air Quality Alert in Effect for Carroll County July 18Patch.com
Air quality alert issued as heat wave begins | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-07-18Philadelphia Inquirer
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued For New York StateReadMedia (press release)
Royal Oak Daily Tribune –The Daily Weston
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Officials Consider Prescriptions to Keep Meds Away From Meth Users – Patch.com

Officials Consider Prescriptions to Keep Meds Away From Meth Users
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Joy Krieger, executive director for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, St. Louis Chapter, told council members that ephedrine or pseudoephedrine is the preferred medication to treat sinus or colds for those who have asthma. …
Prescriptions to be required in Franklin County for pseudoephedrineSTLtoday.com

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