Disparities in Asthma Prevalence, Attacks, ED Use Examined During Pandemic
Downward trends during the pandemic seen for Black versus White adults in prevalence and attack rate and for asthma attack rate in children
More Senior Physicians See Fewer Underserved Patients
Findings for share of Medicaid patients and minority patients
ChatGPT Shows Poor Performance in Answering Drug-Related Questions
Nearly three-quarters of drug-related questions received no response or incomplete, wrong answers
AI-Aided Stethoscope May Aid Home Monitoring of Asthma Exacerbations
Greatest effectiveness seen for young children compared with adults
Many Patients of Color Expect and Prepare for Unfair Health Care
In a recent survey, 55 percent of Black respondents said they believe they must be careful about their appearance to get fair treatment in doctors' offices
Low Neighborhood Opportunity Tied to ED Visits for Asthma in Young Children
Neighborhoods with improved socioeconomic and educational opportunity have lower rates of asthma-related emergency visits
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Nov. 9-13
Preexisting Allergic Disease May Increase Risk for Long COVID
Systematic literature review identifies increased risk but with very low certainty
Asthma-Linked Health Care Use Increased With Non-English Speaking Caregivers
Caregiver non-English language preference linked to increased use of asthma-related ED visit, hospitalization, ICU visit
ACAAI: Mold After Natural Disasters Poses Great Risk to Allergy Patients
High-efficiency particulate air filters are most effective for removing airborne particles
