Half as many children in the United States were diagnosed with asthma in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, a new study shows. Researchers think fewer colds may be part of the reason. For the study, published in Respiratory Research, researchers examined the rates of new asthma diagnoses in a large commercial insurance claims database during the first year of the pandemic compared with rates of new diagnoses during the previous three years. To read the full story.