Baltimore’s high asthma rates linked to pollution inside homes

When you think about all the challenges that kids can face growing up in Baltimore, asthma might not come to mind, but it should. In 2020, one in five children in Baltimore had an asthma diagnosis, a rate more than double the national average. As a pulmonologist, I’ve seen firsthand how asthma can disrupt the day-to-day lives of our friends and neighbors, resulting in missed days from school and work, emergency trips to the hospital and expensive medical bills.