People with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are being urged not to stockpile medicines during the coronavirus pandemic.

A dispute over patents for inventions used to treat asthma and severe chronic pulmonary disease (COPD) has come before the Commercial Court.

While asthma death rates are falling in many developed countries, they appear to be rising here — now new research highlights the huge public health burden of managing the chronic disease in Ireland.

Helen O’Callaghan hears about the overuse of reliever inhalers.

Researchers estimate that four million new cases of childhood asthma globally - 13% of those diagnosed - could be attributable to nitrogen dioxide pollution.

We may have a stereotype of what asthma is and what a ‘sufferer’ goes through, but things are changing — though it can still prove deadly, writes Aileen C O’Reilly.

Fumes from bonfires and fireworks can cause serious breathing difficulties for people with asthma.

Giving children plenty of fruit, vegetables, butter, and yoghurt in the first year of life could protect them against asthma and allergies later in life, according to new research which shows these foods contain special compounds linked to a lower risk of such conditions.

One person a week dies in Ireland as a result of asthma.

Women who only use an inhaler to alleviate the symptoms of an asthma attack rather than taking long-term medication could find it more difficult to conceive, according to new research.

Teachers have described as “a well-kept secret” a scheme that allows schools to obtain asthma inhalers for emergencies.

Teachers have described as “a well-kept secret” a scheme that allows schools to obtain asthma inhalers for emergencies.

60% of Irish Asthmatics are not using their inhalers correctly.

A hospital paediatrician in the UK who treated a nine-year-old chess champion days before he died from chronic asthma failed to investigate his full medical history, an inquest has heard.

"I've been an emergency physician for about 35 years, worked in a number of hospitals, and I can say, hand on heart, that I have not seen this before."

Be mindful of children with asthma, says Helen O’Callaghan.

Scientists say a new pill could radically change the way asthma patients are treated in future.

Scientists have discovered a genetic switch which could pave the way for preventing asthma at the origin of the disease.

More than 1.5 million school days are missed every year by children with asthma, it has emerged.

Asthma inhalers are being dished out like “fashion accessories”, two leading British doctors have said, as they warned that medics are over-diagnosing asthma in children.

Inhalers are being dished out like "fashion accessories", leading UK doctors have said as they warned that medics are over-diagnosing asthma in children.

Exposure to pollution from household products is putting lives at risk, experts have warned.

Children whose mothers were exposed to traffic pollution during pregnancy may be more likely to develop asthma before the age of five, research suggests.

Having a dog in the family reduces a child’s risk of asthma by 15%, and contact with farm animals can halve it, a large study in Sweden has shown.