Does COVID-19 increase risk of asthma in kids?

Researchers were surprised the infection didn't raise the odds, nor increase flare ups.
HealthDay News

There is no evidence that a SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of asthma in children, the first study to date on the subject finds.

Senior study author Dr David Hill, an allergy and immunology specialist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania said he expected to find the virus would increase the risk overall.