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Decrease in Asthma Rates in Children During Pandemic

Jan. 29, 2021


The COVID-19 pandemic has led to some surprising trends in health care. While childhood obesity has risen, due to children spending even more time at home in front of their devices, rates of diseases such as asthma in children have decreased in unexpected ways. 

Princess Ogbogu, M.D., (’00) spoke to WEWS-TV News 5 Cleveland about this phenomenon.

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