Asthma News This Week - March 7, 2020

Click here to read the latest news and research around asthma and COVID-19. PDF contains full citations, summaries, and links to journal articles.
 

CONTENTS

In the NEWS

· Wendy Ruderman, Philadelphia’s most vulnerable children suffer fallout from COVID-19 crisis,  The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 6 2020.

· Kristina Marusic, Kids with asthma who live near heavy air pollution face greater risk from coronavirus, Environmental Health News, April 3 2020.

· Sara Kayat, Doctor's Note: How to manage your asthma during coronavirus, Al Jazeera English,April 2 2020.

· Carolyn Wickware and Julia Robinson, Asthma inhaler stocks low after COVID-19 linked demand spike, government says, The Pharmaceutical Journal, April 2 2020.

· Knvul Sheikh, Essential Drug Supplies for Virus Patients Are Running Low, The New York Times,April 2 2020.

· Mike Stunston, Is coronavirus more dangerous for people with asthma? Here’s what health experts say., The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 19 2020.

· Hillery Stone, A Virus Put My Asthmatic Son in the I.C.U. What Could Coronavirus Do?, The New York Times, March 17 2020.

· Melissa Godin, Are People With Asthma at High Risk for Coronavirus?, TIME, March 16 2020.

· Sonja Sharp, As coronavirus outbreak accelerates, youthful faces may mask mortal risk, The Los Angeles Times, March 11 2020.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

· Consensus Statement on Care for Allergic Diseases During Pandemic Conditions

· Among Early Cohort of Severe COVID-19 Patients in Wuhan, None Had Asthma

· Early Cases Showed Little Association with Asthma

· Only 2% of COVID-19 Cases in China Were Children 

· Viral Respiratory Epidemics Contribute Modestly to Asthma Hospitalizations