CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention effectively eliminated. Workers say no other HHS unit has capacity to respond to such public health crises ...

Canada wildfire smoke made asthma problem spike in the U.S., CDC studies find Centers for Disease Control studies increased asthma-related ER visits by 17% nationwide during 19 of the smokiest days.

President Trump has ordered agencies to act “urgently” to curb asthma—a goal at odds with moves to roll back air pollution limits and with RFK, Jr., cutting CDC experts ...

There was an 82% jump in asthma-associated emergency department visits across parts of New York State, and 55% on Long Island, for June 7, the day wildfire smoke from Canada blanketed the region ...

From June 1 to 14, a total of 1,310 asthma-associated emergency department visits were identified in New York, according to a separate paper, also published Thursday by the CDC.. In that paper ...

A second CDC study centered on New York State, excluding New York City, discovered a nearly-82% increase of asthma-related hospital visits in early June, highlighting the profound impact of air ...