Chronic Illness Archive

Asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses in the United States, affecting six million children under the age of 18, about 8% of this population. As with other chronic disease, it is a burden distributed unevenly, falling disproportionately on poor children and ...Read More

Increased awareness of the symptoms of autism, now commonly referred to as Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has resulted in frequent discussions in the media and society at large. In 2017, the World Health Organization estimated that the global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in ...Read More