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California Breathing is a program of the California Department of Public Health's Environmental Health Investigations Branch. Our purpose is to advance strategies outlined in the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California 2008-2012. To learn more about asthma in California, download, The Burden of Asthma in California: A Surveillance Report.
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Nominations are being accepted for the 2010 AIR (Achievements in Respiratory) Health Awards
All K-12 public and private California schools are eligible. Award-winning schools receive up to $2000, widespread recognition in the press and commendation from the California Department of Public Health.The nomination deadline is March 25, 2010. Click here for more information and here for the nomination form.
Released- Asthma Emergency Department Data Fact Sheet
This new online fact sheet by California Breathing that describes rates of asthma ED visits by age, sex, race/ethnicity, month of admission, and source of payment. This fact sheet is an update to the ED data presented in the 2007 surveillance report, “The Burden of Asthma in California.” Click here for the fact sheet.
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) information for people with asthma
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has posted detailed information about H1N1 flu vaccines and treatment for people with asthma. Click here for the CDC guidance.
Healthy Housing in California
California Breathing sponsored a statewide symposium titled Healthy Housing in California: Reducing the Burden of Asthma and Other Health Impacts in June. New funding from the CDC Lead and Healthy Homes program allows CB to continue the vital work of strategic planning with partners which was initiated as part of the symposium. For a report on the symposium and related local summits,click here
Carbon Offsets support HELiOS
In an effort to reduce its impact on the earth, California Breathing off-sets its travel, and the travel of its invited speakers, by supporting an initiative to install solar panels at local schools. To learn more about the HELiOS project, click here .
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