Pennsylvania SR 101: A Resolution recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

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PRINTER'S NO. 736
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 101
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS AND KANE, MAY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MAY 5, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of May 2025 as "Asthma and Allergy
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Approximately 4.9 million children in the United
States currently have asthma; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 28 million individuals in the United States
have asthma; and
WHEREAS, More than 1 million adults in this Commonwealth have
asthma; and
WHEREAS, Asthma is one of the most common chronic
noncommunicable diseases among children; and
WHEREAS, More than 1.7 million individuals per year visit
emergency departments because of asthma's effects; and
WHEREAS, Asthma is a leading cause of hospitalizations and
school absences due to a chronic disease among children; and
WHEREAS, The total economic cost of asthma in the United
States was $81.9 billion per year from 2008 to 2013; and
WHEREAS, Asthma is a manageable disease that claimed the
lives of more than 3,500 individuals in the United States in
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2021, including 143 individuals in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Individuals with asthma and food allergies need
access to affordable health insurance and to the medications and
devices they need at affordable prices; and
WHEREAS, More than 20 million individuals in the United
States have food allergies, including about 4.3 million
children; and
WHEREAS, Food allergies have increased among children living
in the United States over the past 20 years; and
WHEREAS, Children with food allergies are two to four times
more likely to have asthma or other allergic diseases; and
WHEREAS, This year marks the 40th anniversary of "Asthma and
Allergy Awareness Month," which was first declared by the Asthma
and Allergy Foundation of America; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of May 2025 as
"Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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