Asthma Crisis in the Classroom

His teacher thought he was being silly – falling out of his chair, closing his eyes and dropping his head down. In a classroom full of rambunctious elementary school children, it was easy to misunderstand what was going on with this little boy. But when Principal Ora Beard visited the class on her rounds of the Detroit school, she could see in his eyes that something was wrong. She walked over to him, and he barely whispered “I can’t breathe.”.....

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Action plan for asthmatic children

With 8,800 visits by children with asthma to the school districts’ nurse offices last year alone, better asthma education for parents is needed, says the Student Health Advisory Council of Ector County Independent School District.....

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Cops on the hunt for 22-year-old horse with asthma

Private detectives are on the trail of Ceasar, a 22-year-old nag with asthma who could become the poster steed of carriage horse abuse — if they can only find him.....

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