GSK, Theravance seek FDA, European approval of COPD/asthma drug – Upstart (blog)

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Feds Seek To Reduce Disparities In Childhood Asthma Rates – Kaiser Family Foundation

Feds Seek To Reduce Disparities In Childhood Asthma Rates
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By David Schultz What do agriculture, transportation and justice have to do with childhood asthma? More than you think. Federal public health officials today announced a new inter-agency task force designed to eliminate the racial and ethnic gap among
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Petitioners seek cleaner emissions from Portsmouth’s Schiller Station – Seacoastonline.com

Petitioners seek cleaner emissions from Portsmouth's Schiller Station
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The clubs point to a 2011 American Lung Association report indicating that virtually the entire York County, Maine, population of 201876, is at risk for chronic respiratory and pulmonary illnesses, including asthma, bronchitis, emphysema and
Environmental Groups Ask EPA to Investigate Schiller Plant EmissionsNew Hampshire Public Radio

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Virginia legislators seek to link health impacts, regulation of power providers – Washington Post

Virginia legislators seek to link health impacts, regulation of power providers
Washington Post
They'll be joined by an asthma sufferer. The two say Virginia's electric utilities generate pollution that causes a range of illnesses costing the state and leading to premature deaths. They'll illustrate the problem with a map showing areas hardest

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GSK to seek approval of Theravance lung drug – San Francisco Business Times (blog)

GSK to seek approval of Theravance lung drug
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
GlaxoSmithKline will seek approval of the COPD drug Relovair in the United States and Europe in mid-year, and it and partner Theravance Inc. will continue to talk to regulators about also using the drug for asthma patients.
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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
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