Monthly Newsletter from the Arizona Asthma Coalition |
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Save the Date for the 14th Annual Clinical Asthma & Allergy Conference Mark your calendars for AAC's Clinical Asthma & Allergy Conference - Wheezing & Sneezing in the Desert on September 12, 2020 at the Phoenix Children's Hospital Conference Center. More details to come!
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Certification Timeframe Change
Effective June 1, 2020, the certification period for Certified Asthma Educators will be 5 years after taking and passing the certification exam. The NAECB board recently approved this change in the certification timeframe from the current 7 years to 5 years to ensure that our certificants stay current with rapidly evolving research, technology and pharmaceutical options for managing asthma. Candidates who take and pass the examination prior to June 1, 2020, will maintain their certification for 7 years. Anyone taking the examination after that date will maintain their certification for 5 years. The timeframe for candidates recertifying by CEUs remains unchanged at 5 years. Learn more about Certification |
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Do Chronic Respiratory Diseases or Their Treatment Affect the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection? Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is an acute respiratory disease that can lead to respiratory failure and death. Previous epidemics of novel coronavirus diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), were associated with similar clinical features and outcomes. Read more |
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Escaping Pandora’s Box — Another Novel Coronavirus The 1918 influenza pandemic was the deadliest event in human history (50 million or more deaths, equivalent in proportion to 200 million in today’s global population). For more than a century, it has stood as a benchmark against which all other pandemics and disease emergences have been measured. We should remember the 1918 pandemic as we deal with yet another infectious-disease emergency: the growing epidemic of novel coronavirus infectious disease (Covid-19), which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Read more |
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What Health Insurance Options Are Out There for Folks that Have Been Laid Off? Beyond the public health impact of the virus itself, the social distancing interventions are causing their own public health impacts by adversely impacting the social determinants of health. When people lose their ability to make a living it can cause a cascade of harmful outcomes. It’s a good thing that the recent $2.2T fiscal stimulus is on the way (especially the increase in unemployment insurance benefits) – but that’s just a patch. Read more |
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Follow Our New Facebook Page Arizona Asthma Coalition is now on Facebook! Head over to Facebook and like AAC to keep up to date on asthma, allergy and organizational updates in between our monthly newsletters. Follow us here |
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Join the Arizona Asthma Coalition As a nonprofit partnership since 1996, AAC has worked together with concerned stakeholders including public health, environmental quality, managed care, education, individual physicians and nurses, hospitals, foundations, families and other colleagues. Become a member of the Arizona Asthma Coalition or renew your membership and help us continue this important work. Join or renew here |
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Support AAC While You Shop! AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice. Designate Arizona Asthma Coalition as your charity of choice and you can support our efforts to address the growing and serious problems related to asthma in Arizona. Click here & select Arizona Asthma Coalition |
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