Lawsuit: Jail staff ignored pleas for help from dying asthmatic inmate

VISTA -- The family of a man who died inside the Vista Detention Facility last summer has sued San Diego County in U.S. Federal Court, claiming deputies failed to notice the 21-year-old asthmatic was suffocating to death...

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Web-based tool helps parents improve on kids' asthma treatment

SEATTLE: June 13, 2012 — Asthma is the most common chronic illness in adolescents and children, affecting an estimated seven million children up to the age of 17 in the United States. The burden of asthma on children is substantial: kids with asthma have a three-fold greater risk of school absence than children without asthma, and asthma is the third leading cause of hospitalization among children under the age of 15...

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American Lung Association in New Jersey Commends Senator Frank Lautenberg

The American Lung Association in New Jersey is elated by the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations’ recognition of the vital role the National Asthma Control Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plays in the lives of Americans living with asthma. Earlier today, the Senate Appropriations Committee again voted to keep the National Asthma Control Program as a stand-alone program and maintained its funding level of $25.3 million for fiscal year 2013...

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