Katie Balderas works as a Policy Liaison for Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control and Prevention Program, Project TRUST and is active member of the Asthma Coalition of Los Angeles County. In this article, she discusses the economic and social obstacles to combating asthma, as well as the legal and other … [ Read full post ]
The polluted air in our environment costs U.S. taxpayers millions of dollars each year and without aggressive action these costs will escalate, according to a recent opinion editorial in USA Today authored by Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Health and Human Services Agency (HHS), and Lisa Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection … [ Read full post ]
Shana Alex Lavarreda, director of health insurance studies at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, describes a Sept. 27 presentation she gave at a community forum organized by the New America Foundation that brought bankers together with hospitals, advocates and community leaders to address health and wealth disparities among low-income residents in California.… [ Read full post ]
In many cities throughout the globe, air pollution is reaching levels that threaten people’s health according to new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The information includes data from nearly 1,100 cities in 91 countries.
WHO estimates over 2 million people die every year from breathing in tiny particles present in indoor and … [ Read full post ]
