For many children, asthma can be a constant specter, with attacks at the most inconvenient and terrifying times. New research has now found that one inhaler containing two drugs can cut the risk of ...

Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the lungs. In response to allergens, irritants or other stressors, the airways of those with asthma narrow, swell and produce extra mucus, making breathing ...

When your child has asthma, an asthma action plan can help you respond quickly to symptoms and prevent emergency department visits and hospitalizations. “An asthma action plan … outlines which ...

Asthma can be predicted using non-biological measurements from the age of 3 years, according to one study. Machine learning models can predict physician-diagnosed asthma in early childhood, a recent ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a reminder for parents who have children with asthma. For many kids, summer brings a break from asthma symptoms. There are fewer viruses going around, and for some, the ...

Asking briefly about signs and symptoms of asthma allows clinicians to find unrecognized cases even in a community with an already high asthma prevalence.

Of the 54 children who died of asthma between 2019 and 2023, more than 90% were exposed to air pollution levels above World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, according to a new report published 12 ...

Higher rates of asthma with recurrent exacerbations were observed in non-Hispanic Black children across all child opportunity index categories. Childhood asthma with recurrent exacerbations (ARE) ...

Children who received multiple antibiotic courses between birth and 2 years of age had a higher risk of developing asthma, food allergies, allergic rhinitis, and intellectual disability, according to ...

The Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health will host a virtual October seminar titled "Moving Upstream to Identify and Act on Environmental Drivers of Inequities in Child Asthma and Overall ...

If all cars and trucks sold in America were "zero emission" by 2040 and the country's electric grid was also powered by clean energy, nearly 2.8 million child asthma attacks would be prevented ...