US EditionAsthma Sufferers Could Be at Greater Risk if Trump Cuts Health Program
- On May 6, coinciding with World Asthma Day, a briefing was held at the U.S. Capitol to draw attention to the consequences of funding reductions for the CDC’s National Asthma Control Program.
- These cuts follow federal layoffs in April and a budget proposal in May to permanently close the program, which supports asthma education and research nationwide.
- The program, launched in 1999, helped reduce asthma deaths by 45% by 2018 and saved $71 for every healthcare dollar spent through collaborations with 29 state health departments.
- Experts including AAFA's Kenneth Mendez called these programs irreplaceable, warning cuts will harm asthma outcomes, especially in low-income and communities of color disproportionately affected by the disease.
- If funding and support are not restored, asthma programs face extinction, risking increases in emergency visits and deaths and undermining prevention efforts across the United States.
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themercedfocus.orgIn a dusty corner of California, Trump’s threatened cuts to asthma care raise fears
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on…
HHS shutters asthma, smoking programs
As the federal government lays off workers at CDC and NIAID, shutters programs, cuts research grants, and considers changes in Medicaid and Medicare, asthma patients will experience worse outcomes, according to experts.“The cuts are really worrisome because they’re very much across the board,” Andrea Pappalardo, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics
In a Dusty Corner of California, Trump's Threatened Cuts to Asthma Care Raise Fears
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fields near her family’s home. Pesticides are a known contributor to asthma and are commonly used where Bejarano lives in California’s Imperial Valley, a landlocked region that straddles two counties on the U.S…
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