Clinton accurately says black children with asthma have 500% higher mortality rate

In her speech to the National Urban League on July 31, Hillary Clinton presented a long list of statistics showing that racial inequality persists in the United States.
Among them was this figure: "African-American children are 500 percent — 500 percent — more likely to die from asthma than white kids." Clinton claimed that it hit particularly close to home, as it reminded her of her time in the early 1970s working for the Children’s Defense Fund, a nonprofit advocacy group for poor and minority children.....

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Indiana makes Asthma and Allergy safety “Honor Roll”

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (August 11th, 2915) — Millions of kids suffer from asthma or allergies, but a new report out Tuesday says most schools aren’t prepared to help them.
So, how do schools in our state measure-up? This year, Indiana made “The Honor Roll” as one of the states with the best policies in place for kids who have asthma or allergies. Only 14 states made the list.....

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Study Shows That First-Trimester Exposure to Asthma Beta-2 Agonist Drugs Increases Birth Defect Risk

Results from a recent study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology showed that exposure to inhaled beta-2 agonists during the first trimester of pregnancy appeared to increase the odds for congenital abnormalities.....

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