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

Clinton accurately says black children with asthma have 500% higher mortality rate
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Asthma is a chronic lung disease — an inflammation of the airways that causes coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Around 25 million Americans have asthma, and the rate of asthmatics has been steadily increasing since the early 1980s.
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Food allergies cost $500 million a year, study says – msnbc.com


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Food allergies cost $500 million a year, study says
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For instance, an emergency department visit for a food allergy cost $553, while previous studies have found that a visit to the emergency room for asthma cost $345. "We're not really sure why that is," Holdford said. The results could mean that people
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