MODESTO BEE
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By KEN CARLSON
BEE STAFF WRITER

Last Updated: May 11, 2006, 04:42:16 AM PDT

Amid one of the more miserable dust and pollen seasons in recent memory, health advocates continue to push asthma toward the top of the public health agenda in Stanislaus County.
Members of the Stanislaus County Asthma Coalition convinced the county Board of Supervisors and city councils of Modesto and other cities to declare May as Asthma Awareness Month.

It was a symbolic gesture but will serve as a springboard for efforts to address the illness that afflicts an estimated 16,000 children and 48,000 adults in the county, coalition members said.

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