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Some Schools Don't Let Kids Carry Asthma Inhalers
MSN Health & Fitness By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) — Although all 50 states have laws that allow children with asthma to carry inhalers at school and 48 states have laws that let youngsters carry epinephrine pens for serious … |
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Around the Schools: Post-graduate planning, help for asthma
Burlington Times News THE ALAMANCE REGIONAL Charitable Foundation is working with the Alamance-Burlington School System and the Pediatric Asthma Center to provide equipment for children with asthma. Funds that were raised at the foundation's annual Blizzard Blast gala are … |
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Coping with asthma leaves schools gasping
Education News Colorado Castle Rock mom Heather Clark was so concerned that her 13-year-old daughter, Sami, would have an asthma attack at school and that no one would know what to do, she took to sneaking an inhaler into her daughter's backpack, just in case. |
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Students with asthma exposed to higher levels of indoor allergens at urban schools
Pediatric SuperSite Urban children with asthma are exposed to more mouse, dog and cat allergens at school than at home, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2012 Annual Meeting. Researchers analyzed settled dust and … |
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Chicago schools adopt new policy for dealing with asthma, allergies
WBEZ The Board of Education voted yesterday to establish an asthma and diabetes management policy, its first ever. The district says asthma is the top chronic disease in CPS—more than 19000 students have it. Under the policy, parents are asked to notify … CPS to enact new policies on allergies, diabetes, asthma management Epi-pens Headed to All Chicago Public Schools Father of girl who died of reaction backs CPS policy to stock EpiPens |
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Epi-pens Headed to All Chicago Public Schools
NBC Chicago By Glenn Marshall New policy also allows students to carry and self-administer Epi-pens, asthma inhalers and diabetes testing with written approval of a parent or guardian. The Chicago School Board on Wednesday approved a $195000 plan to stock all … |
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City schools host Asthma Safari
The Enterprise Ledger The inability to breathe is scary for adults with asthma – the inability to breathe for children is a frightening nightmare. Taking away some of the fear and helping children to better manage the disease was the goal of the Asthma Safari Thursday night … |
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Food Allergy Emergencies in Schools Now Better Addressed
The State Journal-Register Dareen Siri, MD, is a board-certified specialist in allergy, asthma and immunology at Springfield Clinic. By Dareen D. Siri MD, FAAAAI FACAAI Allergies to food and food additives affect between 4-8% of Americans. They are more common in children than … How do I know if my child has a severe food allergy? |
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Are schools making kids sick?
CNN Figures are hard to come by, but studies have estimated that a third or more of US schools have mold, dust and other indoor air problems serious enough to provoke respiratory issues like asthma in students and teachers. A national survey of school … |
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Asthmatic children's lives put at risk by 'red tape' as schools banned from …
Daily Mail By Press Association Reporter Children with asthma are being prevented from getting access to inhalers in schools due to 'needless red tape', a leading charity has warned. Asthma UK said schools are prevented from keeping a spare blue reliever inhaler … Fears asthmatic schoolchildren denied inhalers Asthma rules 'are risking young lives' Lives of pupils with asthma 'put at risk by inhaler rules' |
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