A clinical trial is being launched to test an asthma drug’s effectiveness in treating deadly conditions caused by the novel coronavirus. The drug, called ibudilast – which has been approved to treat asthma in Japan and South Korea – has shown promise in improving lung health in mouse models. The team, from Yale University’s New Haven … Read more
Do you have asthma? Medical experts weigh in on whether the respiratory condition is made WORSE by COVID-19 – and the precautions to take now Coughing and shortness of breath are symptoms for asthma and COVID-19 It’s not known whether people who have asthma are at more risk with the virus However a respiratory specialist … Read more
Mother, 26, self-isolating due to asthma gets angry note from neighbour telling her to keep her two-year-old son quiet so hits back with devastating letter in his name Single mother Lauren McCabe has asthma and low immune system is isolating Downstairs neighbours complained they could hear Leo, two, running around In her son’s name who … Read more
Millions of asthma patients and any Britons who get the flu jab on the NHS should self-isolate for 12 weeks, a top doctor has warned. The NHS deems adults with long term conditions, including respiratory diseases, necessary to receive a free flu jab every winter. Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, said the … Read more
Four million children around the world develop asthma each year because of road traffic pollution, a major study has estimated. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide, largely from road transport, is thought to be behind 38,000 new cases in the UK and 240,000 in the US each year. The global research ranked the UK the 29th worst … Read more
A mother has revealed how her baby girl nearly died twice after a pollen allergy triggered life-threatening asthma attacks. Lottie Provis was found blue, lifeless and choking on her own vomit in her cot by her parents Kate, 26, and Steve, 31, when she was 18 months old in May 2015. She was given hours … Read more