TOPPENISH - Want one last scare for the Halloween season? Trypinching your nose and breathing through a straw. That's whatexperts say someone with asthma suffers when caught in a sudden gustof dust or a stuffy room. The condition isn't just a momentarydiscomfort. It can kill. In Toppenish, children seem to beespecially susceptible. They're hospitalized at rates 70 percenthigher than the state average, according to preliminary figurescompiled by the Toppenish Asthma Project.
"It's not a public health emergency, but it's of concern," saidVickie Ybarra, the director of community health services for theYakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, the lead agency in the project."And …
Breathing Easier -- Toppenish asthma team finishing plans, preparing for actionTOPPENISH - Want one last scare for the Halloween season? Trypinching your nose and breathing through a straw. That's whatexperts say someone with asthma suffers when caught in a sudden gustof dust or a stuffy room. The condition isn't just a momentarydiscomfort. It can kill. In Toppenish, children seem to beespecially susceptible. They're hospitalized at rates 70 percenthigher than the state average, according to preliminary figurescompiled by the Toppenish Asthma Project.
"It's not a public health emergency, but it's of concern," saidVickie Ybarra, the director of community health services for theYakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, the lead agency in the project."And …
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