asthma management News
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EPA cites five programs as national models for asthma care
EPA is recognizing five asthma management programs as national models for effective asthma care at the National Asthma Forum in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes innovative approaches the programs use to successfully improve the lives of asthma patients in their communities. The approaches are proven to deliver results through strong collaborations and community ties, integrated health care ...
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EPA Honors Maine, Michigan Programs for Serving as National Models for Cutting-Edge Asthma Care
(Washington, D.C.) Commemorating World Asthma Day -- May 1 -- and kicking off Asthma Awareness Month, EPA is recognizing two leading asthma management programs that serve as national models for effective asthma care. One health plan – Priority Health of Grand Rapids, Mich. – and one health care provider – MaineHealth of Portland, Maine – have earned EPA's 2007 National Environmental Leadership ...
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EPA and Ad Council Launch New Public Service Announcements to Prevent Asthma Attacks
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has partnered with the Ad Council in a national campaign to educate parents and children with asthma about simple steps they can take to prevent asthma attacks. Although asthma is widespread, affecting nearly 26 million Americans of all ages and races, public awareness of common asthma triggers and effective asthma management strategies remains ...
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EPA to announce grant funding for Oakland, Calif. health nonprofit to help fight asthma in schools nationwide
On December 17, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator will announce a major grant award to the Public Health Institute’s Regional Asthma Management & Prevention, in Oakland, Calif. to help school-based health centers nationwide prevent and manage environmental asthma triggers for children at school and at home. Asthma, a chronic ...
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EPA grant to children’s hospital to train healthcare workers about reducing asthma triggers (PA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mid-Atlantic region today awarded a $100,000 grant to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to train 70 health care professionals and 100 families how to manage asthma to reduce asthma attacks. “The mid-Atlantic region has a high asthma rate - - especially in urban areas,” said EPA mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. ...
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Free Asthma Screenings for Children at Asthma Awareness Month Event
Asthma is a major public health issue, affecting nearly 23 million people and disproportionately affecting low-income and minority communities. Although there is no cure for asthma yet, asthma can be controlled through medical treatment and management of environmental triggers. May is Asthma Awareness Month. EPA supports Asthma Awareness Month by increasing public awareness of the asthma ...
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St. Louis County, Mo., Health Department Receives $30,000 EPA Grant for Community-Based Asthma Care in Normandy School District
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that the St. Louis County Health Department will receive $30,000 for community-based asthma care for the Normandy School District. The funding is part of a combined $1.2 million in funding to 32 state and local governments, tribes, and non-profit organizations for indoor air quality projects across the nation. According to school district ...
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Proposed transfer of assets to and termination of agreement with AstraZeneca for consideration to be set off against debt and accrued interest
Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc, (“Circassia” or “the Company”; LSE: CIR) announces that the Board has concluded that it is in the best interests of the Company to terminate the development and commercialisation agreement between the Company and AstraZeneca UK Limited, a subsidiary of AstraZeneca plc (LSE/STO/NYSE: AZN) (AstraZeneca) for the U.S. commercial rights to ...
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May is Asthma Awareness Month
Cochrane & Associates has dedicated its services to companies that work to help create healthy environments and clean indoor air quality (IAQ) to help fight asthma. May is Asthma Awareness Month when numerous organizations and government agencies help increase public awareness of asthma and its impact on our communities. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asthma affects ...
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Circassia Appoints Industry Veteran Jonathan Emms as Chief Operating Officer
Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc (“Circassia” or “the Company”; LSE: CIR), a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory disease, today announces the appointment of Jonathan Emms to the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO he will further strengthen Circassia’s commercial focus and lead the Company’s global commercial strategy ...
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Vitalograph Partners with NIOX to offer FeNO
Vitalograph is proud to announce that it a FeNO by NIOX® UK channel partner. Spirometry and FeNO present physicians with complementary diagnostic data to inform asthma care pathways. NIOX VERO® is non-invasive, simple-to-use, and provides rapid standardised FeNO measurements. It is a point-of-care device for assessing airway inflammation in patients with respiratory problems. With over ...
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EPA awards $600,000 to Oakland, Calif. health nonprofit to help fight asthma in schools nationwide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $600,000 grant to the Public Health Institute’s Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP), in Oakland, Calif. to help school-based health centers across the country prevent and manage environmental asthma triggers for children. Asthma, a chronic respiratory disease that causes the lung’s airways to swell and narrow, ...
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Circassia Announces FDA Approval of Tudorza Supplemental New Drug Application
Data showing reduction in COPD exacerbations and no increase in major cardiovascular events vs placebo added to label – – Tudorza® is the only product in its class with these data in the label Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc (“Circassia” or “the Company”; LSE: CIR), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on respiratory disease, today announces the US ...
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Circassia Announces Publication of Tudorza Phase IV ASCENT Study in the Journal of the American Medical Association
Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc (“Circassia” or “the Company”; LSE: CIR), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on respiratory disease, today announces the full publication of the Tudorza® phase IV ASCENT study in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association*. The ASCENT study was conducted in patients with moderate-to-very severe chronic obstructive ...
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EPA: Learning Triggers Key to Preventing Asthma Attacks
One in 10 kids in America suffers from asthma, and communities of color and low-income families are disproportionately impacted. During Asthma Awareness Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizes two leading asthma management programs -- Green and Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) in Baltimore, Md. and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital CHAMPS Program in Memphis, Tenn. -- for ...
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Circassia to Exercise Option for Full US Commercial Rights to COPD Treatment Tudorza from AstraZeneca
Oxford, UK – 11 December 2018: Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc (“Circassia” or “the Company”; LSE: CIR), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on respiratory disease, today announces it has issued a notice of option exercise to AstraZeneca to acquire the full US commercial rights to Tudorza® (aclidinium). Circassia currently promotes the COPD treatment in the ...
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EPA recognizes five organizations for outstanding leadership in asthma care (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring five organizations with the agency’s 2010 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management. The recipients have demonstrated outstanding leadership in improving the health of people living with asthma. Twenty-three million people in the United States, including 7 million children, suffer from asthma, which is one of the ...
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Nearly 26 Million Americans Continue to Live with Asthma, EPA says
Throughout May, as part of Asthma Awareness Month, EPA is encouraging Americans to take simple steps to prevent asthma attacks while also honoring three leading asthma management programs for their efforts to improve the lives of people with asthma in underserved communities. The economic costs of asthma amounts to more than $56 billion per year from direct medical costs and indirect costs, such ...
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Circassia Announces Duaklir US Launch at American College of Chest Physicians’ CHEST Annual Meeting 2019
Circassia Pharmaceuticals plc (“Circassia” or “the Company”; LSE: CIR), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on respiratory disease, today announces the US launch of Duaklir® for the maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at the American College of Chest Physicians’ CHEST Annual Meeting 2019, which is currently ongoing in New ...
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EPA awards $160,000 to Boston public health commission to Aid Asthma Projects (MA)
EPA has awarded the Boston Public Health Commission a $160,000 grant todemonstrate the effectiveness of a citywide asthma intervention, providing home-based asthma education and environmental services by trained health workers. These services adhere to the National Heart, Lung Blood Institute guidance regarding the diagnosis and treatment of asthma and address multiple home environmental ...
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