118 HRES 386 IH: Expressing support for the designation of May as “National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month”.
U.S. House of Representatives
2023-05-10
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Whereas 4,800,000 children in the United States currently have asthma; Whereas 25,000,000, or 1 in 13 people in the United States, have asthma and the numbers are increasing each year;
Whereas, in 2018, on average, children missed more than 7,900,000 days of school and adults missed 10,900,000 days of work because of asthma; Whereas asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases among children;
Whereas 1,500,000 individuals per year visit emergency departments because of asthma’s effects; Whereas asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and school absences due to a chronic disease among children;
Whereas the total economic cost of asthma in the United States was $81,900,000,000 per year from 2008 to 2013; Whereas fewer than half of people with asthma report being given an asthma action plan, which is key to the prevention of asthma attacks;
Whereas Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous individuals in the United States face the highest burden of asthma; Whereas asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the lives of over 3,500 Americans in 2021;
Whereas 20,300,000 people in the United States have food allergies, including about 4,300,000 children; Whereas food allergy has increased among United States children over the past 20 years, with the greatest increase in Black children;
Whereas children with food allergies are 2 to 4 times more likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases; and Whereas May would be an appropriation month to designate as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
: Now, therefore, be it
That the House of Representatives recognizes National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
and calls upon the American people to observe such month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.