Asthma impacts not just breathing, but social, emotional development too

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Roughly 7 percent of children in the United States have asthma, which makes it one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. “That accounts for millions of children,” said Alyssa James, M.D., with Meritus Allergy & Asthma Specialists. While asthma is often thought of as a condition marked by coughing, wheezing...