High Rate For Asthma At Shelters.

Reports on a health study of homeless children that shows that about half of those entering New York City shelter systems have asthma. Health risk to homeless children; Challenge to those who provide services; Rise in asthma cases nationally; Causes of asthma; High rate of asthma cases among poor children; Surprise of those who conducted the study; Additional findings that 90 percent of homeless children with asthma were not taking medication needed to control it; Details of the study.