More than a million people in England now use combination inhalers that both prevent and relieve asthma symptoms, overtaking sole reliance on the traditional blue inhaler for the first time. The ...

Why should people with blue inhalers switch? "Over a million people have been switched from using the standard blue inhaler to one of these newer combination ones," Dr Ranj said.

Health officials are calling on all providers to move away from prescribing traditional blue inhalers to asthma patients, in a 'life-saving' shift in how the condition is treated. It comes after ...

10:29, Tue, May 5, 2026 Updated: 10:36, Tue, May 5, 2026 Asthma sufferers who rely on a blue inhaler to manage their condition are being advised to speak to their GP. The guidance follows updated ...

Globally, asthma affects more than 260 million people and causes over 450,000 deaths every year, most of them preventable. [Courtesy] There is a teenager I still think about whenever we talk about ...