NHS asthma lifeline: boost for child victims as rationing watchdog does U-turn

Children with severe asthma are to be given a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS after a U-turn by a health watchdog, according to the mailonline.com. The move means youngsters aged six to 11 will be able to benefit from Xolair injections for the first time.Those on a regular course of jabs are half as likely to have an asthma attack, and also half as likely to need hospital treatment if they do have an attack. The drug has been used by around 2,000 severely affected patients since 2007, when it was approved by the National Institute for Health and