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Carol Thompson

Detroit's longtime problem with asthma is getting much worse

DETROIT — Shelia Bernard remembers the way asthma made her daughter wheeze, how a cold would turn so bad she'd have to take her to the hospital for breathing treatments.

Bernard has worked in child care for a decade and has learned that lots of children experience the same symptoms.

"A lot of kids now, they do have asthma," said Bernard of Detroit. "They have respiratory problems. And a lot of people think it's not that serious, but asthma can get real serious. People, kids and adults, are dying from it."

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