EditorialPatricio Gonzalez, 12, who has asthma, with his mother, Gilda Zarate-Gonzalez, outside their home in Fresno, Calif., where smoke from the Creek Fire in Sierra National Forest has been problem for air quality, on Oct. 22, 2020. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialRachel Murphy, of Portland, Oregon, delivers her 5-year-old daughter Cora’s daily asthma treatment on Tursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (Celeste Noche/The New York Times)
EditorialKaren Kent, a high school cafeteria worker who was laid off during the pandemic, at home in Pennington, N.J., Sept. 2, 2020. (Mark Makela/The New York Times)
EditorialAn agricultural field under a sky hazy with wildfire smoke in California’s San Joaquin Valley, Aug. 20, 2020. (Brian L. Frank/The New York Times)
EditorialRochelle Allen, right, a respiratory therapist, listens to the lungs of a patient with asthma during a home visit in Oakland, Calif., March 4, 2020. (Alexandra Hootnick/The New York Times)
EditorialStreets and parking lots sat empty as many business are closed in downtown Detroit, Sunday, March 29, 2020. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)
EditorialRayshad Jackson, right, is greeted by his wife, Courtney, after he was released from the Rikers Island jail complex in New York, Friday, March 20, 2020. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialIvan Martin , 39, left, and his father Antonio Martin, 60, at a supermarket in Sant Adria del Besos, Spain, north of Barcelona, Spain, Monday, March 16, 2020. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
EditorialRochelle Allen, a respiratory therapist, during a home visit with Lisa McClendon, who has asthma, in Oakland, Calif., March 4, 2020. (Alexandra Hootnick/The New York Times)
EditorialAsthma Jar. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 38.2 x 30.2 cm (15 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: Approx: 6 1/4 High 5 Wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard.
EditorialAsthma Jar. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 38.2 x 30.2 cm (15 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: Approx: 6 1/4 High 5 Wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard.