Nearly 1 in 12 in US have asthma: study (AFP)

A photograph of a child with asthma is set up at a press conference. Asthma cases in the United States have risen 12.3 percent since 2001, and nearly one in 12, or almost 25 million Americans, are stricken with the chronic respiratory disease, the government said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/JUSTIN SULLIVAN)AFP – Asthma cases in the United States have risen 12.3 percent since 2001, and nearly one in 12, or almost 25 million Americans, are stricken with the chronic respiratory disease, the government said Tuesday.


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