Teens play basketball outside on a hot day in summer 2023 in New York City after the state issued an air quality health advisory recommending active children and those with asthma limit time outside. Experts worry that a new federal report minimizes how millions of kids in the U.S. rely on asthma medications to breathe normally. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Medical experts are dismayed over a federal report’s claim that kids are overprescribed asthma medications, saying it minimizes how many lives the drugs save.
Safe treatment protocols for asthma management have been carefully studied over the years, said Dr. Perry Sheffield, a pediatrician and professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai…