Earn recognition for your hard work and success!

Apply in one of these categories:

• Health plans
• Health care providers
• Communities in action

Applications are due March 16, 2010.

Is your community committed to reducing toxic pollution in its local environment? If so, you may be a good candidate for an environmental community grant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making $2 million available in 2010 to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that works with county and local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources.

To learn more about these grants and how your community can apply, please visit
http://www.epa.gov/aging/press/epanews/2009/2009_1218_3.htm.

Keep Asthma, Allergies at Bay for the Holidays (American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, December, 2009)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_92697.html

Pediatric Asthma Initiative Trains Thousands of Health Professionals (December, 2009)
http://www.neefusa.org/health/asthma/index.htm

NIAID Awards Five-Year, $56 Million Contract to Continue Study of Asthma in Inner-City Children (NIH News, November, 2009)
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2009/ICACrenewal.htm

The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus outbreak has caused many to worry about protecting their health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), respiratory infections like influenza are more serious in patients with asthma, often leading to pneumonia and acute respiratory disease, and CDC has issued important 2009 H1N1 flu recommendations for clinicians and for asthma patients.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/asthma.htm (Parents and Patients)
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/asthma_clinicians.htm (Clinicians)