Asthma and Redlining

Heyo! It’s a blog post here at Rhonchi — check this article: Historically redlined communities face higher asthma rates

“Redlining maps that were drawn 80 years ago, partially on the basis of race, are still predictive of not only who lives in a neighborhood, but also what kind of health problems they are experiencing,” said Anthony Nardone, a medical student in the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, who led the analysis.

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