Why vaccines are especially important for children with asthma

You may have seen recent news stories reporting that a national data investigation found that routine childhood vaccination ...
Rolling Out

How children can grow out of asthma

Asthma is a common chronic condition affecting millions of children worldwide. While many parents worry about the long-term implications of their child’s asthma, there’s hope: some children do grow ...
Reuters

Rural kids have more asthma, get less medicine

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma is known to be a major health issue for children in inner cities, but a new study suggests that it may be an even bigger problem for poor rural children. Looking at ...
Reuters

Kids with asthma still exposed to secondhand smoke

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite public health campaigns, too many people are still smoking around little kids with asthma, say U.S. researchers. According to national data from 2003 to 2010, half ...
Washington Examiner

Asthma camp educates kids about the disease

Summer camp isn?t all fun in the sun. The American Lung Association of Maryland is hosting a weeklong summer camp geared toward educating low-income children with asthma about their disease. “Having ...
STAT

As childhood asthma worsens, insurers restrict access to an essential medication

As pediatricians who take care of children in the inpatient, emergency, and primary care settings, we are alarmed by the recent trend of families having to go without basic medications to control ...
Hartford Courant

Black children are more likely to have asthma. ‘People need to demand change’ Hartford resident says.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest. “He just kept saying ‘I can’t breathe, I ...