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Olivia Fulton ended up in A&E with asthma attacks trying to get past smokers at the front of the hospital where she worked and says new anti smoking laws are not being enforced.

Fiona Foulder feared she wouldn't be around to see her kids grow up

Laila Dawood, 15, suffered from allergies and asthma

Laila Dawood was known to suffer from asthma and allergies throughout her life

Real Christmas trees like the Cypress and the ever-popular Pine can collect a high amount of pollen from other plants before they are cut down - leading to people's ill health.

Three La Niña weather events in a row create the perfect storm for extreme pollen production never before seen in the "hay fever capital of Australia".

PHILADELPHIA — Raspy cries and barky coughs echoed across the emergency room at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children on a recent chilly morning in North Philadelphia. Kids had just started to stream into the waiting room, yet every available bed was already filled.

PHILADELPHIA — About 21 percent of Philadelphia children suffer from asthma, more than double the national rate. That's more than 1 out of 5 kids citywide, according to Penn Medicine researchers, with the highest rates of childhood asthma in North, Northeast, and West Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Dr Sean Owens says switching those patients to more environmentally friendly dry powder (DPIs) or soft mist inhalers (SMIs) could also improve patients' health