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EPA Honors Efforts of Rhode Island Asthma Control Program During Asthma Awareness Month

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today recognized the Rhode Island Department of Health as one of only three national winners of the 2019 National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management. Each year during Asthma Awareness Month, EPA honors programs delivering excellent environmental asthma management as part of their comprehensive asthma care services to improve the lives of children and families with asthma.

May 1, 2019

After record year for rain, advocates and lawmakers point to mold problems for low-income renters in Baltimore

The Baltimore Sun

After Baltimore’s wettest year on record, housing advocates are seeking more protections for low-income tenants battling mold in their rental homes — and a city councilman is calling for a hearing on the problem.

April 15, 2019

Collaborative Pilot Program Helps Asthma Patients

Associate News

Presence Health, working with community organizations, is completing a pilot program to address asthma triggers in patients’ own homes. Preliminary data suggests that the effort is resulting in better asthma control for patients.

September 27, 2018

Energy Efficiency Can Help Address Childhood Asthma

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

Nikia Pickett, another Baltimore mom whose young son has asthma, tells a similar story She learned from a weatherization program that poor air sealing was allowing allergens and other outdoor air contaminants into her home With proper sealing, she said, “We went from him having an asthma attack...

January 8, 2018

Hospitals Find Asthma Hot Spots More Profitable To Neglect Than Fix

Washington Post

Summerville and her family live in the worst asthma hot spot in Baltimore: ZIP code 21223, where decrepit houses, rodents and bugs trigger the disease and where few community doctors work to prevent asthma emergencies One mom there wields a BB gun to keep rats from her asthmatic child Residents of...

December 6, 2017

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