With the numbers of kids suffering from asthma on the rise, more and more cities are taking steps to help some of its most common victims: kids who live in and around urban areas. Here, Connect for Kids highlights several urban asthma mobiles across the U.S. that have been set up to not only treat the symptoms of asthma, but also to educate parents and children on how to effectively manage the chronic condition.

All it takes to control asthma is the right medication, clean air, and a reasonably stress-free life. But for millions of children caught up in the epidemic, none of those things are anywhere within reach.

With the numbers of kids suffering from asthma on the rise, more and more cities are taking steps to help some of its most common victims: kids who live in and around urban areas. Here, Connect for Kids' Rob Capriccioso highlights several urban asthma mobiles across the U.S. that have been set up to not only treat the symptoms of asthma, but also to educate parents and children on how to effectively manage the chronic condition.

About 1.3 million new cases of cancer were reported in 2003. While there are no firm figures on how many of those diagnosed were the parents of minor children, there's no doubt that each year many kids must face the news that a parent or guardian has cancer.
Letitia Star reports on a program that tries to help.

CNN reports that since many healthy children will not be getting a flu shot this year because of the shortage, the CDC is recommending students and schools take precautions to limit the spread of flu - wash hands and stay home if sick.

An unexpected shortage of flu vaccine means that many children will not be getting flu shots this year. Few kids will be upset at that news, but parents worry about the risks. Connect for Kids has collected information and resources.

When two community organizations in Detroit -- one geared towards Latino families on the southwest side of town, and another centered on the needs of African American families on the east side -- took on a joint public health project, the results reached beyond the realm of health. Cecilia Garcia explains.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, a time when many children receive their shots in time for school's start. The National Partnership for Immunizations reports childhood immunization rates are at record highs -- but rates vary from near 90 percent in Boston to 69.2 percent in Houston.

Examining the evidence for the hypothesis that childhood vaccines can cause autism, the Institute of Medicine has concluded there is no causal relationship.

Growing concerns that some antidepressants may be linked to an increased risk of suicide and suicidal thinking in children and adolescents has raised the stakes for families struggling to help a depressed child. Connect for Kids interviewed two experts?Dr. Stanley Greenspan and Dr. Lawrence H. Diller?and found powerful similarities in the message each one has for parents.