World Asthma Day: Recent news on treatments, disparities, COVID-19 and more

The Healio Editors have compiled the most-read asthma news in 2022 in recognition of World Asthma Day.
Highlights include a call for switching to over-the-counter availability of asthma rescue inhalers; the link between asthma severity and COVID-19 outcomes; racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric acute asthma care; a study that found azithromycin improves asthma control and exacerbations in children; biomarkers predictive of inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting muscarinic antagonist treatment responses; and more.
Read these articles, and others, below, in no particular order.
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The Healio Editors have compiled the most-read asthma news in 2022 in recognition of World Asthma Day.
Highlights include a call for switching to over-the-counter availability of asthma rescue inhalers; the link between asthma severity and COVID-19 outcomes; racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric acute asthma care; a study that found azithromycin improves asthma control and exacerbations in children; biomarkers predictive of inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting muscarinic antagonist treatment responses; and more.
Read these articles, and others, below, in no particular order.
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