Asthma program director Alex Aldrete teaches 15-year-old Jesus Ayala the proper use of the new albuterol sulphate inhaler at a clinic in Venice, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
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World Asthma Day
May 6, 2008
St. Paul, Minn. — Today is World Asthma Day. Asthma affects nearly 23 million people Americans, and more than 6 million of those are children. In Minnesota, one in 15 children has asthma. It is a major cause of school absenteeism and child hospitalization.
Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Dr. Gail Brottman, a pediatric pulmonologist and an asthma expert at the Hennepin COunty Medical Center in Minneapolis.
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