Lung function assessment factoring in race performed poorly in flagging asthma among Black children, a study showed. The 2012 Global Lung Initiative (GLI) race-specific equation failed to detect ...

Black/African American mothers of children with asthma often reported financial instability/poverty, home/caretaker ...

Black children/adolescents who came to the ED for acute respiratory symptoms and tested negative for a viral infection faced ...

Children born in neighborhoods with fewer opportunities are more likely to experience repeated asthma flares requiring ...

A school-based asthma therapy program in Columbus, Ohio led to sharp reductions in ER visits, hospitalizations, and intensive ...

Children born in neighborhoods with fewer opportunities are more likely to experience repeated asthma flares requiring ...

The survey shows Asthma does not strike equally across demographic groups, with 15.4 % of Black children and 9.7% of Hispanic children in Tarrant County suffering from asthma compared to 8.7% of ...

Diagnostic procedures based on that assumption have caused asthma to be dramatically underdiagnosed among Black children, researchers reported Feb. 28 in JAMA Open Network. About 2.5 to 4 times ...

Children born in neighborhoods with fewer opportunities are more likely to experience repeated asthma flares requiring emergency care or medical ...