May Is Asthma Awareness Month: Here’s What This Black Pulmonologist Is Doing To Dispel Myths And Eliminate Disparities

May Is Asthma Awareness Month: Here’s What This Black Pulmonologist Is Doing To Dispel Myths And Eliminate Disparities

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated May 6, 2024

Asthma Awareness Month is observed every May. Asthma is a chronic lung disease that can cause wheezing, breathlessness, tightness in the chest, and coughing.

According to the American Lung Association, over 26 million people in America are living with this

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