EPA grant to fund diesel filters for town fleet

Federal funds will retrofit 39 vehicles in the Public Works Departments fleet with devices that will greatly reduce emissions of harmful pollutants. In 2005, Fairfields school buses were equipped with similar devices.

Press Release

ProtAffin AG, a biotechnology company developing a novel class of biopharmaceutical products that act by targeting cell-surface glycan structures, today announced it has signed a manufacturing contract with CMC Biologicsâ Danish operations, located in Copenhagen, Denmark for manufacture of its lead product PA401 for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The contract ...

ProtAffin AG Signs Manufacturing Contract for PA401 with CMC Biologics A/S

GRAZ, Austria----ProtAffin AG, a biotechnology company developing a novel class of biopharmaceutical products that act by targeting cell-surface glycan structures, today announced it has signed a manufacturing contract with CMC Biologics Danish operations, located in Copenhagen, Denmark for manufacture of its lead product PA401 for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

Study reveals link between allergy, asthma

Mistaken for illnesses like bronchitis and emphysema, exacerbated by medications like aspirin, and overlooked by patients and doctors alike, asthma is a common and highly treatable condition in older adults. And while allergies tend to decrease with age, they also are frequently disregarded as a potential cause of misery for the elderly.

North Powder health clinic to open in fall

NORTH POWDER It does not yet have a name, but it already has some students and community members in North Powder buzzing. People are humming about a community health clinic set to open in about six weeks in the North Powder School District.