AARC News

Current news and information from the AARC:

• Student Gets Involved for World Asthma Day—June 17, 2013
• Get 50 Free Copies of our New Tobacco Cessation Guide—June 13, 2013
• Updated App Streamlines Communications—June 12, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—June 4, 2013
• Landmark Airline Smoking Ban Author Dies at 89—June 3, 2013
• AARC Member Discusses Novel Coronavirus on FOX News—June 3, 2013
• And the Winners Are…—May 29, 2013
• 15K “Likes” Winner Announced—May 28, 2013
• Best Practices Community Launched—May 22, 2013
• AARC Activates Disaster Fund for Victims of Oklahoma Tornado—May 21, 2013
• AARC Launches Exam Prep Course—May 21, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—May 20, 2013
• Palliative Care Roundtable Forms—May 16, 2013
• DRIVE4COPD Launches Contest for AARC Members—May 16, 2013
• AARC to Solicit Best Practices—May 16, 2013
• AARC Supports DMEPOS Legislation—May 13, 2013
• AARC Reacts to CMS Database Release—May 9, 2013
• EPA Award Goes to Program Led by AARC Member—May 9, 2013
• New CRCE Transcript Clicks it Up a Notch—May 7, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—May 6, 2013
• Polio Survivor Sees Value in RTs—May 3, 2013
• May is the Month for Asthma—April 30, 2013
• Students Invited to AARC Webcast—April 25, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—April 23, 2013
• AARC Reacts to Boston Marathon Bombings—April 16, 2013
• AARC Webcasts, Now on Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch—April 16, 2013
• First Five Spring Bulletins Online Now—April 15, 2013
• PepsiCo Partners with AARC for COPD Awareness—April 10, 2013
• SSA Seeks Input from AARC on Respiratory Disorders—April 9, 2013
• LSRC Gets Home Town Time with Senator—April 9, 2013
• COPD Research: A Call to Action—April 8, 2013
• An Act of Heroism—April 4, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—April 2, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—March 19, 2013
• COPD Foundation Unites with AARC to Support Medicare Respiratory Therapist Access Act—March 11, 2013
• March 10–16 is a Great Time to Raise Awareness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation—March 5, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—March 5, 2013
• PACT Plans Lobby Day March 11–12—February 28, 2013
• First Prizes Awarded in Membership Campaign—February 28, 2013
• AARC Mourns C. Everett Koop—February 26, 2013
• National Sleep Awareness Week Kicks Off on Sunday—February 26, 2013
• AHA Clarifies ACLS Policy—February 21, 2013
• Facebook Connection Pays Off for Missouri PACT—February 21, 2013
• Keeping Care on Track during the Blizzard of 2013—February 19, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—February 14, 2013
• QRCR Enrollment/Recertification Underway Now—February 7, 2013
• Five Specialty Sections Publish Winter Bulletins —February 5, 2013
• Protocol Helps RTs Begin Research Projects—January 31, 2013
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—January 24, 2013
• Activate Your Journal Subscription in 5 Quick Steps—January 23, 2012
• First Five Winter Section Bulletins Online Now—January 18, 2012
• AARC Congress 2012 Videos Available—January 10, 2012
• Boehringer Ingelheim Joins AARC Corporate Partner Program—January 9, 2012
• Good Press: AARC Members in the News—January 3, 2013
• AARC Education Annual Seeking Submissions—January 3, 2013
• AARC Launches Growth Campaign—January 2, 2013

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Information from other news outlets:

• Fighting To Breathe: Living With COPD —Jun 18, 2013
• UPDATE 1-Saudi Arabia says MERS coronavirus kills four more—Jun 18, 2013
• Apnea: 'Sleeping Gun' in Sudden Death?—Jun 18, 2013
• Forget Lab Rats: Testing Asthma Drugs on a Microchip—Jun 18, 2013
• Early, Severe Flu Season Caused Big Rise in Child Deaths: CDC—Jun 17, 2013
• FDA urges protection of medical devices from cyber threats (VENTILATORS ARE INCLUDED)—Jun 17, 2013
• Factbox: Big tobacco companies bet on e-cigarettes—Jun 17, 2013
• Latest update from CDC on Coronavirus—Jun 17, 2013
• Pa. girl's controversial lung transplant surgery successful—Jun 13, 2013
• MERS affects fewer health care workers than SARS—Jun 13, 2013
• Men's restless legs tied to earlier death: study—Jun 13, 2013
• Sleep Apnea May Boost Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death—Jun 13, 2013
• Blood Test May Flag Impending COPD Flare-ups—Jun 12, 2013
• Britain To Begin Regulating E-cigarettes as Medicine—Jun 12, 2013
• Program Helped Limit Antibiotic Misuse in Kids—Jun 12, 2013
• Childhood Cancer's Health Woes Persist for Years—Jun 12, 2013
• Coronavirus Has Potential To Cause Pandemic: WHO—Jun 11, 2013
• Temporary Change to Lung Transplant Policy for Kids—Jun 11, 2013
• Hospitals Work on Patients' Most-Frequent Complaint: Noise—Jun 11, 2013
• CDC Update: Novel Coronavirus—Jun 10, 2013
• FDA Approves 4-Strain Sanofi Flu Vaccine—Jun 10, 2013
• AstraZeneca Buys U.S. Lung Drug Firm Pearl—Jun 10, 2013
• Common Cleaning Solvent Can Cause Cancer When Inhaled—Jun 10, 2013
• Second Child Files Suit for Lung Transplant, Gets on List—Jun 7, 2013
• Smokers Cost Employers Nearly $6,000 More Annually—Jun 7, 2013
• Senate Bids Farewell to Frank Lautenberg—Jun 7, 2013
• Girl Eligible for Adult Lung Transplant, Court Rules—Jun 6, 2013
• Twitter Analysis Can Inform Vaccination Campaigns—Jun 6, 2013
• Family Cluster in Coronavirus Infections Identified—Jun 6, 2013
• Health Care Reform Law's Unpopularity Reaches New Highs—Jun 6, 2013
• Easy Steps To Limit Antibiotic-resistant Infections in Hospitals—Jun 5, 2013
• Link Found Between Allergic and Autoimmune Diseases in Mouse Study—Jun 5, 2013
• Special Helmet Makes Lung Transplant Possible for CF Patient—Jun 5, 2013
• Fosamax Benefits Bones in Young CF Patients—Jun 5, 2013
• Nephron Pharmaceuticals Recalls EZ Breathe Atomizer—Jun 4, 2013
• FDA: Shortage of Acetylcysteine Inhalation Solution—Jun 4, 2013
• Italy Announces First Case of Coronavirus—Jun 4, 2013
• Vaccine exemptions rising, tied to whooping cough—Jun 4, 2013
• World No Tobacco Day—Jun 4, 2013
• Critical Shortage of TB Drugs—Jun 3, 2013
• Vaccination Exemptions Rising, Tied to Whooping Cough—Jun 3, 2013
• Dutch Athorities Cull Poultry after Avian Flu Found—Jun 3, 2013
• Coronavirus May Be a Global Threat—Jun 3, 2013
• To Prevent MRSA, Don't Prevent Only MRSA—May 31, 2013
• Under ACA, Smokers Will Pay Higher Rates for Health Insurance—May 31, 2013
• Gene Therapy May Protect Against Flu Pandemics—May 30, 2013
• ACA Unveiled as California, New York Lead U.S.—May 30, 2013
• Pregnancy Risks with Sleep-Disordered Breathing—May 30, 2013
• Users of Last CFC Inhalers Must Soon Switch—May 29, 2013
• Deadly Bacteria in VA Hospital—May 29, 2013
• Viruses and Mucus Team Up To Ward Off Bacteria—May 29, 2013
• To Prevent Pertussis, Tdap Vaccine Recommended for Each Pregnancy—May 29, 2013
• Parents Challenge Organ Donor Rule Blocking Child from Lung Transplant—May 28, 2013
• Experimental Vaccine Protects Against Many Flu Viruses—May 28, 2013
• Drug Resistance in New China Bird Flu Raises Concern—May 28, 2013
• H1N1 Flu Outbreak Kills 17 in Venezuela—May 28, 2013
• H7N9 Bird Flu Spreads Much Like Ordinary Flu—May 24, 2013
• Patients Urged To Talk with Doctor about Quitting Smoking—May 24, 2013
• Sebelius: Doctors, Hospitals’ Use of Health IT Doubled Since 2012—May 24, 2013
• Memorial Day 2013—May 24, 2013
• 3-D Printed Tracheal Splint Implanted into Infant—May 23, 2013
• Unknown Respiratory Illness Kills Two in SE Alabama—May 23, 2013
• Coronavirus Death Toll in Saudi Arabia at 17—May 23, 2013
• High Prevalence of COPD Misdiagnosis Among Uninsured—May 23, 2013
• Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Depression Linked—May 22, 2013
• No Effect of Tracheostomy Timing on Mortality—May 22, 2013
• Update: The REDUCE Randomized Clinical Trial for COPD—May 22, 2013
• Senate Panel Advances Gina McCarthy for EPA Administrator—May 22, 2013
• Moore Patients, Employees, Accounted for After Tornado—May 21, 2013
• AHRQ: Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory Illness in Children and Adults—May 21, 2013
• Covidien Cleared for Nellcor(™) Pulse Oximetry Motion Claims—May 21, 2013
• Pediatrics: Whole-Cell Pertussis Vaccines More Effective Protection—May 21, 2013
• Administration Announces $1 Billion Initiative for Health Care Innovation Awards—May 20, 2013
• Coronavirus Now Named MERS-CoV—May 20, 2013
• Brovana Results Released—May 20, 2013
• Combivent To Be Replaced in July with Combivent Respimat—May 20, 2013
• WHO: Two Health Workers Contract Coronavirus—May 16, 2013
• Senate Confirms Marilyn Tavenner as CMS Administrator—May 16, 2013
• SPACE, RF Ablation Combo Safe, Effective for Lung Cancer—May 16, 2013
• School-based Smoking Prevention Programs Work—May 16, 2013
• U.S. Safe from Two New Viruses, So Far—May 15, 2013
• Scientists Develop Bird Flu Test, Work on Vaccine Underway—May 14, 2013
• Saudi Arabia Reports Four New Cases of Coronavirus—May 14, 2013
• Man Clinically Dead 40 Minutes Brought Back—May 14, 2013
• FDA Approves Breo Ellipta To Treat COPD—May 14, 2013
• China Reports Three New Bird Flu Deaths, Toll Hits 35—May 13, 2013
• With Suspected TB, Behavioral Support Curbs Smoking—May 13, 2013
• Coronavirus Can Probably Pass Person-to-Person—May 13, 2013
• IMS: U.S. Medicine Spending Shows Rare Dip in 2012—May 13, 2013
• 3 Suspected Cases of Coronavirus in France—May 10, 2013
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Recurrent Wheeze in Healthy Preterm Infants—May 10, 2013
• U.S. Unveils $150 Million ACA Enrollment Initiative—May 10, 2013
• HHS Releases Data on Inpatient Charges—May 10, 2013
• MnDCT Beats Chest X-Ray for Detecting Lung Cancer—May 9, 2013
• France Reports FIrst Case of Coronavirus—May 9, 2013
• Hospital Procedure Prices Vary Widely in U.S.—May 9, 2013
• Bird Flu Eases as China Shuts Poultry Markets—May 9, 2013
• FDA Class 1 Recall: Maquet SERVO-i Ventilator Battery Module —May 8, 2013
• Study Finds Ambrisentan Not Effect in IPF—May 8, 2013
• WHO Experts To Visit Hospital Where Coronavirus Spread—May 8, 2013
• China Bird Flu Toll Rises to 31—May 7, 2013
• Two More People Die in Saudio Arabia of SARS-like Flu: WHO—May 7, 2013
• States Fear Loss of Health Care Aid under ACA—May 7, 2013
• Celebrate Moms Who Protect Kids' Health—May 7, 2013
• New Bird Flu Poses "Serious Threat", Scientists Say—May 6, 2013
• ATS: Puff Before Exercise Helps Breathing—May 6, 2013
• Cancer Can't Stop Teen Singer's Music—May 6, 2013
• Discovery Labs Announces Recent AFECTAIR® Publications—May 6, 2013
• DSmartphones Help Patients Carry Medical Records—May 3, 2013
• Hookah Smoking Delivers Carcinogens and Carbon Monoxide—May 3, 2013
• Covidien Issues Voluntary Recall for Ventilator Battery—May 2, 2013
• Progress Toward Eradication of Polio Worldwide—May 2, 2013
• Scientists Pursue New Therapies as Deadly H7N9 Flu Spreads in China—May 2, 2013
• ATS Publishes CPGs on Bronchoconstriction—May 2, 2013
• Do School Programs Keep Kids from Smoking?—May 2, 2013
• FDA Clears Resmed Noninvasive Ventilation Device for COPD—May 2, 2013
• Female Smokers More at Risk for Colon Cancer—May 1, 2013
• Cell Response to New Coronavirus Unveils Possible Paths to Treatment—May 1, 2013
• Toddler gets new windpipe from her own stem cells—May 1, 2013