Asthma

Spotlight 1: Success Stories from CDC’s National Asthma Control Program
Spotlight 2: Asthma Stats: Insurance coverage and barriers to care for people with asthma
Spotlight 3: Know How to use Your Asthma Inhaler

Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. You must also remove the triggers in your environment that can make your asthma worse.

Asthma Topics

Asthma Basics

Brochures, Facts, Triggers, Management

Data & Surveillance

Tables and Graphs, Reports and Publications, Asthma's Impact on the Nation

Interventions

Community Guide, Potentially Effective Interventions

Related Resources

Asthma & Allergies in the Workplace, Flu & Asthma Control, Multimedia Messages, Links to Other Agencies and Organizations

Helping Americans with Asthma

Airing Asthma’s Story, Legislation & Policy, Tools for Asthma Control

Information for Specific Groups

Elderly, Healthcare Professionals, Kids, Parents, Public Health Professionals, Researchers, Schools and Childcare Providers, Workplace Health Professionals

Program Evaluation

Evaluation Guide, Evaluation Webinar

CDC’s National Asthma Control Program

Contact Information for States and Programs

What’s New…

Helping Americans Breathe Easier
Asthma cannot be cured, but it can be controlled. School children with asthma need to know how to control their asthma. They may also need to be able to use their asthma medications at school. Watch this video to learn how one parent worked with CDC’s National Asthma Control Program and state, local, and national partners to help children gain access to their own asthma medications at school. Due to these efforts, by 2010 all 50 states had passed self–carry laws.

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See how Asthma Impacts your State.