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Posted 5 days ago in School Health

The Allergy & Asthma Network monthly EXHALE email provides strategies to stay healthy during the spring season that is often filled with travel and increased exposure to asthma triggers like pollen.

There is a new podcast series on indoor air, plus an upcoming webinar on treating severe and uncontrolled asthma. They're also featuring a presentation from the 2025 USAsthma Summit, "Living and Practicing Through the Challenges of Asthma Self-Management," by Dr. Angela Garcia.

INDOOR AIR QUALITY

TWO-PART PODCAST SERIES

We spend about 90% of our time indoors, but most of us don't think about the air we're breathing. In this two-part podcast series, Dr. Payel Gupta and Kortney Kwong Hing from the Itch Podcast discuss things you need to know about indoor air.

In Part 1 of the series, the podcast hosts break down three main types of indoor air pollutants and how they affect your body.

Listen to Part 1: How Indoor Air Quality Impacts Asthma

Part 2 shares practical tips to make your indoor air cleaner, whether at home, school, or work. The hosts also talk about Lüften and cleaning tips for each room in your home.

Listen to Part 2: How to Improve Indoor Air Quality for Asthma

Please share this podcast series with your colleagues and patients.

LIVING AND PRACTICING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF ASTHMA

SELF-MANAGEMENT

We were honored to have Dr. Angela Garcia present at the 2025 USAsthma Summit. She is a pharmacist, public health professional, and person living with asthma. Her personal experience with this lifelong condition gives her unique insight into the challenges of asthma self-management and informs her work with patients every day.

Dr. Garcia shared that many people limit their lives by avoiding activities that can trigger asthma symptoms. True self-management, she explained, means learning to live fully while controlling asthma — not living in fear of it. “Avoidance isn’t a solution,” Dr. Garcia says. “Empowerment is.”

Learning about asthma and using medicines the right way can help in preventing asthma attacks and emergency room visits. Key steps include having a clear Asthma Action Plan, knowing your triggers, and talking often with your doctor.

 

Watch the Asthma Self-Management presentation

Learn How to Help Teens Self-Manage Asthma

WEBINARS

Severe and Uncontrolled Asthma: Tailoring Therapies

for Complex Patients

Speaker: Dr. Leonard Bacharier

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 1:00pm

Despite advances in treatment, many patients with asthma remain uncontrolled, experiencing frequent exacerbations, persistent symptoms, and reduced quality of life. Managing severe and uncontrolled asthma requires a personalized, evidence-based approach that accounts for disease heterogeneity, comorbidities, and patient-specific factors.

Join us for this webinar, during which Dr. Leonard Bacharier will review current best practices for evaluating and managing patients with severe and uncontrolled asthma.

Register for the Severe and Uncontrolled Asthma webinar

Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Asthma

Speaker: Todd A. Mahr, M.D., FAAP, FACAAI, FAAAAI

Recorded on Thursday, February 19, 2026

Depression and anxiety are common in people with asthma and can affect disease control and quality of life. This webinar explores the connection between mental health, the immune system, and asthma, and highlights evidence-based strategies to improve outcomes by addressing all three.

Watch the Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Asthma webinar

Spring Allergies and Asthma

Speaker: Alice Hoyt, MD, FAAAAI

Recorded on March 14, 2024

Spring is on its way and that means sunnier days and more exposure to allergens!

Learn about ways that seasonal allergies may trigger asthma symptoms and how you can manage it.

Watch the Spring Allergies and Asthma Webinar

 

SPRING BREAK ALLERGY AND

ASTHMA TRAVEL TIPS

It's almost time for Spring Break! Here are some tips that will help your vacation be a breeze!

  • Plan for a different climate. Warmer destinations may already be experiencing spring allergy season. Check the forecast and local pollen levels to know what to expect.

  • Research your accommodations ahead of time. Ask about policies that could affect asthma triggers, including smoking rules and pet policies. Ask a travel agent about asthma and allergy friendly hotels.

  • Check your insurance coverage. This is especially important for international travel. Confirm that your policy covers medical care away from home and consider special travel insurance if needed.

  • Carry your medications with you on the plane. Keeping them in your carry-on ensures you can access them during the flight. It also prevents issues if your luggage is delayed or lost.

Visit our website for more helpful travel tips. Preparation in advance can go a long way towards making your trip safe and enjoyable.

Get more Asthma Travel Tips

EXHALE DATABASE RESOURCES

Explore educational resources that align with the CDC's EXHALE strategies through our EXHALE database. This free resource features more than 280 articles, infographics, posters, and videos to help you support people with asthma.

Here are a few items that are included in our database:

Please share with us some of your favorite asthma resources. We would love to add them to the database so that we can continue to expand this collection of asthma education tools.

Browse our EXHALE database

Share your trusted resources into the EXHALE database

Be well,

Tonya Nash, MPH, CHES®

CDC EXHALE Project Manager

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