Children with asthma who use at-home monitoring are around half as likely to visit the emergency department or be hospitalized, compared to those who only receive care from their medical team, ...

In the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asthma affects 6.5% of children and for some, it can be life-threatening. There is no known cure for asthma, which means that ...

Asthma is a widespread respiratory condition affecting approximately 5.4 million people in the UK, and 1.1 million are children. 1,2 Asthma is the most widespread long-term condition among young ...

Over the past few weeks in Victoria and other parts of Australia, we've been seeing some wild and stormy weather.

SAN ANTONIO — For children, a visit to the emergency department for an asthma attack is a red flag for future acute-care visits, and could be used to identify patients who might benefit from ...

About 30 to 40% of children with asthma experience sleep difficulties due to symptoms like coughing and wheezing. Poor sleep increases the risk of severe asthma exacerbations (attacks) that often ...

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Wildfires in Canada that caused smoke to blanket parts of the United States in recent months were linked to a significant rise in emergency hospital visits related to asthma. Emergency department ...

Wildfire smoke exposure raises public health concerns after an increase of asthma-associated emergency visits. An increase in asthma-associated emergency department visits during and after exposure to ...

Morgen Bromell, a web designer in Brooklyn, had plans to visit their cousin in Los Angeles at the end of the summer, but last week air quality in New York City was so bad they decided to move their ...