Cole Schmidtknecht died Jan. 21, 2024, from complications of an asthma attack days after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed. Schmidtknecht's family sued Walgreens and OptumRx claiming negiligence, ...

In patients with severe asthma, treatment with mepolizumab — a first-in-class humanized anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody — was associated with sustained reductions in healthcare resource use, ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- In children aged 5 to 15 years with mild asthma, budesonide-formoterol reliever monotherapy is superior to salbutamol for preventing asthma attacks, ...

A new study found that a 2-in-1 anti-inflammatory inhaler reduced asthma attacks in children by 45% compared to the widely-used salbutamol inhaler. The corresponding study was published in The Lancet.

In the Motor City, it’s more than just vehicle exhaust causing problems for people living with asthma. While pollution from vehicle emissions and manufacturing plays a role in exacerbating the ...

Lennis Mitchell died in custody after telling Lafayette police he couldn't breathe and had asthma. An autopsy is pending to determine if Mitchell's death was caused by an asthma attack or other ...

For many children, asthma can be a constant specter, with attacks at the most inconvenient and terrifying times. New research has now found that one inhaler containing two drugs can cut the risk of ...

A DC-area family is grieving an unthinkable loss after 12-year-old Isaiah Puryear died following a severe asthma attack. In late September, the boy suffered the attack, his family said, then slipped ...

Earlier initiation of biologics in severe asthma could prevent thousands of deaths and save billions in healthcare costs by reducing exacerbations and healthcare resource utilization. Real-world data ...

As reliever monotherapy for mild asthma, the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-formoterol combination reduced asthma attacks in children compared with a short-acting β₂-agonist (SABA), the CARE trial ...

A groundbreaking international study has shown that a 2-in-1 budesonide-formoterol inhaler is far more effective than the standard salbutamol inhaler in children with mild asthma, cutting attacks by ...

Inhalers that combine providing immediate relief with a longer-term preventative effect are already recommended as the standard treatment for mild asthma among people aged 12 and above in the UK, US ...