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June 12, 2015

GlaxoSmithKline’s new asthma drug gets a split vote from FDA advisers – FierceBiotech

GlaxoSmithKline's new asthma drug gets a split vote from FDA advisers
FierceBiotech
GSK's injection, mepolizumab, works by blocking the protein interleukin-5 to prevent buildups of white blood cells in the lungs that can exacerbate asthma. The company is angling to get the drug approved as a treatment for sufferers of severe asthma …
FDA Panel Backs Mepolizumab for Severe Eosinophilic AsthmaMedscape
GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) Wins FDA Panel Backing For Severe Asthma DrugBidness ETC
Asthma Drug Targeting IL-5 Wins Partial Backing From FDA AdvisersMedPage Today
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December 12, 2012

Lawmakers to vote on Primatene mist – Today’s THV

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Lawmakers to vote on Primatene mist
Today’s THV
Primatene mist was appealing to many asthma sufferers because it didn't require a prescription. But today's vote that might see the inhaler returned to consumers has also been met with opposition from the medical community, who say its primary …
Primatene Mist to make a comeback?CBS News

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November 5, 2012

Viewpoint: Vote for cleaner air – The Michigan Daily

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Viewpoint: Vote for cleaner air
The Michigan Daily
I'm a 20-year-old student at the University of Michigan who suffers from asthma. I'm one of more than 800,000 people in the state with this disease. Michigan also happens to be one of the most coal-dependent states in our nation — 60 percent of our …
Michigan Proposal 3: Should Voters Pass 25 By 2025 Renewable Energy …Huffington Post
Michigan Needs to Pass Proposal 3: 25 Percent Renewable Energy by 2025Triple Pundit

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October 13, 2012

Vote For Health And Cut The Cost Of Asthma – Care2.com (blog)

Vote For Health And Cut The Cost Of Asthma
Care2.com (blog)
From 2001 to 2009, health care visits for asthma per 100 persons with asthma declined in primary care settings, while asthma emergency department visit and hospitalization rates were stable. For the period 2007–2009, black people had higher rates for …

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April 29, 2011

Claire McCaskill’s vote makes children suffer from asthma, ad claims – Pitch Weekly (blog)

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Claire McCaskill's vote makes children suffer from asthma, ad claims
Pitch Weekly (blog)
?Golly, lobbying groups are going after politicians early this year. And Sen. Claire McCaskill, who, according to most sources, is vulnerable in her 2012 reelection bid, has found herself targeted by the …
Ads spotlight Brown, McCaskill environmental votesUSA Today

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April 11, 2011

Broun’s vote harms public health – Online Athens

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Broun's vote harms public health
Online Athens
This should be surprising, given that he is a medical doctor and should understand the link between air pollution and diseases like asthma. In his own 10th Congressional District, more than 19000 children suffer from asthma. It's a real public health …
Asthma Increases if Clean Air Act Goes off the RailsTRCB News
Viewpoint: Congress should let the EPA do its jobMLive.com
Reform Movement Commends Senate Vote Supporting EPAPhiladelphia Jewish Voice (blog)

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March 7, 2011

FDA Panel to Vote on Approval, Dosing for COPD Drug – MedPage Today

FDA Panel to Vote on Approval, Dosing for COPD Drug
MedPage Today
But, the "major safety issue with indacaterol is linked to selection of appropriate dose, because beta-adrenergic agonist bronchodilators, particularly at high doses, have the safety concern of severe asthma exacerbations and asthma related deaths in …

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August 4, 2010

How Missouri’s Prop. C Vote Just Affected My Health Care – Associated Content

How Missouri's Prop. C Vote Just Affected My Health Care
Associated Content
My son has asthma and when he enters the work force, starts a family, and eventually gets his own insurance we would want him to be covered and not denied …

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May 12, 2010

Chambersburg Area school board to vote on budget, tax hike

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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