What's New
- New Info from IDPH: Illinois Asthma Burden Update
- Just Published: Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality: United States, 2005-2009
- New Data Available: CDC's BRFSS Adult Asthma Module
- Latest Asthma Prevalence Data from CDC: 2001-2009
- Newly Released: Investing in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case for Education and Environmental Interventions
- This Just In: Black-White Health Disparities in the US and Chicago:
A 15-Year Progress Analysis - Recently Updated: CAC Guide to Asthma Publications
- Members: Click here to view new job postings and the membership directory.
Welcome to the Chicago Asthma Consortium!
The Chicago Asthma Consortium is a coalition of medical and public health professionals, business leaders, government agencies, community-based organizations, and individuals dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma through networking, information sharing, and collaboration. |    |
Community Updates
PRESENTATIONS POSTED: 2012 Spring Educational Meeting
Why Don't They Take Their Medication?
Tools to Promote Better Medication Adherence
April 18, 2012
The 2012 Asthma Friendly School Award Application is now open!
Application deadline is May 4, 2012.
Apply here today!
2012 Healthy Lung Expo
May 18, 2012
$25 Discount for CAC Members!
Click here for more information
Are you Black and Have Been Diagnosed with Asthma?
Participate in the BELT Study at Northwestern University.
Click here for more information.
Does your preschool child cough or wheeze with respiratory
illnesses (includes common colds, sore throats and the flu)?
Click here for info on a new study at Children's Memorial Hospital.
Public Act 096-1460
Doctor's signature no longer required for students
to carry asthma inhalers in school. Only parent note
and prescription label required.
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