Asthma is the most common medical diagnosis among hospitalized children. In the USA, asthma has accounted for approximately 15% of nonsurgical admissions to hospital in the pediatric age group.

Laura Conrad, director of the Pediatric Asthma Center at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York. Depending on the severity of your asthma, such breathing difficulties can range from ...

Asthma comes in different subtypes, but diagnosing those subtypes — also known as endotypes — has historically been difficult. Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal ...

GlaxoSmithKline "deliberately" discontinued a widely-used asthma medication in order to reap profits and families suffered, ...

A new scoping review examines the impact of respiratory bacteria on the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ...

Asthma-related quality of life, symptom control and comorbid breathing were most associated with fatigue. Perspective from Shilpa Patel, MD, MPH Four out of 10 children and adolescents with severe ...

Many people with asthma as children go into long periods of remission, with infrequent and diminished symptoms later in life.

Researchers observed that only 8.3% of 24 children or adolescents with peanut allergy passed a double-blind ...

A spike in asthma-related hospitalisations is expected as children flock through school gates for the start of a new year.

Schools are being urged to ensure teachers and other staff are prepared to handle asthma flare-ups and emergencies in the ...

With non-Hispanic white children as a reference, we looked at rates of eczema, food allergy, asthma, and allergic rhinitis — four of the most common allergic conditions — in close to 500,000 ...