asthma /news/tags/asthma asthma en-US Copyright Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:00:00 GMT Reporting focuses on connection between asthma rates and redlining /show/sound-of-ideas/2022-12-14/reporting-focuses-on-connection-between-asthma-rates-and-redlining The intersection of asthma and redlining was part of Ideastream's Connecting the Dots reporting series. Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:00:00 GMT /show/sound-of-ideas/2022-12-14/reporting-focuses-on-connection-between-asthma-rates-and-redlining Leigh Barr Cleveland, Canton receive funding for air quality projects to study barriers for asthma management /news/environment-energy/2022-11-05/cleveland-canton-receive-funding-for-air-quality-projects-to-study-barriers-for-asthma-management The U.S. Environmental Protection agency awarded $1.7 million in grants Friday to fund air quality monitoring projects in Cleveland, Canton, Columbus and Cincinnati. Sat, 05 Nov 2022 12:00:00 GMT /news/environment-energy/2022-11-05/cleveland-canton-receive-funding-for-air-quality-projects-to-study-barriers-for-asthma-management Zaria Johnson Redlining is affecting Northeast Ohio's children's ability to breathe. Here's what we can do Several studies have drawn a connection between living in neighborhoods that were subject to redlining, the historic discriminatory mortgage lending practices instituted in the 1930s, and an increased likelihood that a resident will suffer from asthma today. Experts say the historic systems and structures which pushed many African Americans into redlined communities affect many Cleveland and Akron residents who live in the Ohio Valley Asthma Belt today. Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:29:00 GMT H.L. Comeriato and Conor Morris In Beaver County, a mix of hope and fear over startup of Shell's ethane cracker /news/environment-energy/2022-07-20/in-beaver-county-a-mix-of-hope-and-fear-over-startup-of-shells-ethane-cracker The plant will turn natural gas produced from fracking to lentil-sized pieces of plastic. Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:42:40 GMT /news/environment-energy/2022-07-20/in-beaver-county-a-mix-of-hope-and-fear-over-startup-of-shells-ethane-cracker Reid Frazier Cleveland Clinic Researcher Discovers Asthma's Silver Lining /news/health-science/2017-09-04/cleveland-clinic-researcher-discovers-asthmas-silver-lining Nearly 25 million Americans -- about 8 percent of the population -- have asthma. It effects more than one million Ohioans.While people suffering from… Mon, 04 Sep 2017 09:16:00 GMT /news/health-science/2017-09-04/cleveland-clinic-researcher-discovers-asthmas-silver-lining Jeff St. Clair Study on Ohio Asthma Attacks Prompts Call to Reduce Carbon Emissions /news/environment-energy/2016-09-01/study-on-ohio-asthma-attacks-prompts-call-to-reduce-carbon-emissions Children in Ohio suffered about 30,000 asthma attacks this summer, according to environmental researchers. Advocates are using the study to call for… Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:46:23 GMT /news/environment-energy/2016-09-01/study-on-ohio-asthma-attacks-prompts-call-to-reduce-carbon-emissions Andy Chow