Despite improvements in air quality and decreases in cigarette smoking, the number of Americans diagnosed with asthma is on the rise, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. children are experiencing fewer asthma attacks and asthma-related hospital visits, according to a Vital Signs report from the CDC. For the report, CDC researchers examined survey data compiled by ...

Those with asthma may be at a higher risk of getting very sick from COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC put out guidelines for those with the respiratory ...

Rochelle Walensky, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has vowed that her agency’s information and guidelines will be “based on science” — essential to public trust in ...

Asthma diagnoses increased among all demographic groups between 2001 and 2009, though a higher percentage of children reported having asthma than adults. May 07, 2011 People diagnosed with asthma in ...