Cockroaches May Unlock Asthma Answers: Public Health, Part 1

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In the city of Boston, a volatile situation is brewing. Research into allergic asthma has shown a strong correlation between allergies to cockroaches and asthmatic response. The majority of allergic asthma sufferers are children living in low-income [...]urban areas. And Boston Housing Authority apartments, like many public housing units in large urban areas, suffer from pest problems, with as much as 30 percent heavily infested by cockroaches. Patricia Hynes, a professor of environmental health in the School of Public Health, is using research into the connection between asthma and cockroaches to change public housing policy, as shown in part one. Dan Remick, the chairman of the pathology department in the School of Medicine, is applying the findings to the search for a cure.
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