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Boy’s death highlights urgent need for teacher training

18 Mar 10
Asthma UK is calling for teachers to be given mandatory asthma training after an inquest into the death of an 11-year-old boy at school from and asthma attack was delivered as ‘death from natural causes, contributed to significantly by neglect.’
Discovery of new immune cells offers hope of asthma treatment

10 Mar 10
Researchers funded by Asthma UK and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have discovered a new type of immune cell that could lead to new preventative treatments for asthma.
Antibiotic could relieve virus-triggered asthma

01 Mar 10
Scientists have discovered that a standard antibiotic might one day be an effective treatment for virally-triggered asthma symptoms.
Asthma moves up the Government agenda

22 Feb 10
Asthma is set to become a higher priority for the Department of Health in England with the publishing of a National Strategy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which contains a chapter on adult asthma.
Olympians and asthma: How cold weather could mean the difference between gold or silver

22 Feb 10
Parents often wait too long to treat children's asthma symptoms

19 Feb 10
Parents of children with asthma often recognise signs that their child is about to have an asthma attack but delay home treatment until the attack occurs, according to an American study.