In our careers as pulmonary and critical-care doctors, we have witnessed a revolution in treating asthma, a disease that affects one in 12 Americans. Newer medications make it possible to reverse ...

The CDC also publishes the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which allows for ongoing and timely surveillance of key health conditions. The reports cover a wide range of topics, including ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday sent federal disease experts to assist in the response to the ...

asthma, and COPD. Although the numbers are low, cases in the US have been steadily rising since November. The CDC found that out of an estimated 13,800 people tested for respiratory diseases in ...

A person can be diagnosed with asthma at any point in their life. Both Kentucky and Pennsylvania did not have data available for asthma prevalence, according to the CDC.