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Asthma makes New Yorkers cough up $1.3B annually
New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York State's annual asthma bill is $1.3 billion for medical costs and lost productivity, according to Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. A report issued by DiNapoli's office Friday noted that 1.7 million people in New York suffer from … |
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9/11 and the Health of New Yorkers Ten Years Later
EmpowHer In addition to psychological issues, about 10 percent of enrollees “developed new-onset asthma” about six years after 9/11. That number is three times the national rate, according to the 9/11 health report. For first responders – the more than 50000 … |
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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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