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For asthma patients, the novel coronavirus can be scary. Here's what you need to know

  • Written by S. Cindy Xi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California
For asthma patients, the novel coronavirus can be scary. Here's what you need to knowHospitals have started using albuterol inhalers with coronavirus patients, making the rescue medication harder for asthma patients to find in some areas.Alan Levine/flickr, CC BY

The new coronavirus’s ability to wreak havoc in the lungs is raising a lot of concerns and questions from my asthma patients. They already know how it feels to have...

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