News and Music Discovery
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Shots For Kids

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a new study from Johns Hopkins University calls into question the practice of giving allergy shots to prevent asthma in children. Experts say that new drugs to keep the lungs open have made the shots obsolete. But not all allergists agree.

Copyright 1997 NPR