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Asthma News
Asthma News - March 12, 2026
Current asthma research, announcements and opportunities, collected and distributed by Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) Asthma Program Staff. Sign up to receive weekly-ish news emails at MDHHS-Asthma@michigan.gov.
Check out the most recent MDHHS asthma social media messages and share them with your networks.
Inspiring Health Advances in Lung Care (INHALE): Adult and Pediatric Asthma Patient Toolkits
The toolkits have basic information and resources to help patients and their caregivers control their asthma, including Understanding Asthma, Diagnosis & Doctor Visits, Asthma Medications, Asthma Triggers, Medication Assistance and more! Find many great INHALE resources for providers and patients.
On-Demand Webinar: Invisible Risks: Addressing Indoor Air Quality Among Patients
Sponsored by the American Lung Association, this webinar will help attendees learn: why indoor air quality is a serious public health issue and how it affects the body and health; how to assess patients for indoor air pollutant exposure; and how to use practical, low-cost mitigation solutions, including how to develop an indoor air quality action plan. RT CRCE available.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): EPA-Certified Wood Stove Database
This free database provides information on room heaters for wood and pellet stoves, along with central heaters for forced-air furnaces and hydronic heaters (outdoor wood boilers). Users can search the database by manufacturer or model name, heater type, heat output, efficiencies, fuel type, and emission rates.
Outcomes of the Navajo Community Asthma Program during the COVID-19 pandemic
Although the impacts of the pandemic and the program on asthma exacerbations are difficult to disentangle, the collective evidence indicates that that the program led to increased community awareness of asthma and increased asthma care–seeking behavior by families of children with asthma.
Associations between Prior Lung Diseases and Risk of Lung Cancer in Populations With No Smoking History: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Among 20 case-control studies, tuberculosis (16 studies) and chronic bronchitis (9 studies) were significantly associated with increased lung cancer risk; asthma (11 studies) was associated with increased lung cancer risk but was not statistically significant.
A Synopsis of the 2025 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guideline for the Primary Care Management of Asthma
The workgroup strongly recommended inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and streamlined management of asthma by suggesting a combination of ICS and rapid-onset long-acting β-agonist as both reliever and controller agents and step-up therapy by increasing ICS and/or adding long-acting anticholinergic agents.