June 21, 2010 - Children’s Hospital Boston has been awarded the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management following a nomination by HRiA.

April 24, 2010 - HRiA has developed three new publications as part of its ongoing effort to track, understand and address the asthma epidemic in New England. All three were developed through the Asthma Regional Council of New England, a program of HRiA.

March 31, 2010 - Asthma: A Business Case for Employees and Health Care Purchasers urges businesses to invest in asthma management and prevention for their employees and dependents to improve quality of life, increase worker productivity, and reduce health care costs. Authored by Health Resources in Action and the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, this new report details three strategies employers can pursue to cost-effectively bring asthma under control.

March 31, 2010 - The significant and negative health impacts of secondhand smoke in Boston Housing Authority (BHA) residences have been the focus of intensive HRiA advocacy training activities over the past year.

November 15, 2009 - The Kresge Foundation has awarded HRiA a two-year grant to support the Asthma Regional Council's Healthy Homes Promotion Project.

May 30, 2009 - The Massachusetts Asthma Advocacy Partnership (MAAP), a program of Health Resources in Action, sponsored a summit of experts to discuss the health disparities surrounding asthma and to plot a way forward on May 29 in Worcester.

May 5, 2009 - Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office awarded over $433,000 in grants to nine nonprofit community agencies and health advocacy organizations in an effort to increase childhood lead poisoning awareness reduce lead poisoning and increase the percentage of children who are screened for lead exposure. The Lead Action Collaborative, a program of Health Resources in Action's Environmental Health group, was one of the grantees.

February 13, 2009 - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recognized Ms. Mary White of Dorchester with an "Award for Excellence in Community Leadership" for her outstanding record of public service with the Boston Urban Asthma Coalition’s (BUAC) Strengthening Voices program.

November 25, 2008 - This report represents the most current and comprehensive investigation of asthma prevalence conducted in the New England (NE) region. It examines the health, socioeconomic, behavioral, and environmental predictors that relate to adult and child asthma in the six states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont). It was produced by the New England Asthma Regional Council (ARC), a coalition of public agencies, private organizations and researchers working together to address the environmental contributors to asthma.