EditorialLachlan Rutledge, 6, during his morning routine which involves time with the inhaler after breakfast while preparing for school, in Broken Arrow, Okla. on Oct. 3, 2022. (Melissa Lukenbaugh/The New York Times)
EditorialEllen, 18 months, is given an inhaler by her father, Rayapudi Praveen, on Feb. 14, 2022 at the family home in Eluru, India. (Sara Hylton/The New York Times)
EditorialNia Raquelle Smith, who has had COVID-19 symptoms since contracting the coronavirus last March, at her home in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn on July 1, 2021. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)