Drug/Insect/Latex News

Researchers validated an algorithm in a new cohort of patients with suspected walnut and pecan allergy, and they said it reduced the number of oral food challenges required for diagnosis by almost 80%.

Nearly 90% of health care professionals incorrectly answered questions based on the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases peanut allergy guidelines, survey results showed.

Hospitalized patients who had a documented penicillin allergy had higher odds of receiving “inferior” antibiotics — some that could potentially cause adverse drug events, data published in JAMA Internal Medicine show.

Since 1984, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has declared May as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. One common type of allergy is pet allergy, according to the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care.

Researchers have developed an at-home anaphylaxis management algorithm for patients who need emergency epinephrine treatment. Importantly, it may prevent unnecessary ED visits — a particularly helpful development given the risk that COVID-19 poses in health care settings.

In the largest long-term peanut immunotherapy trial to date, the epicutaneous immunotherapy patch known as Viaskin Peanut increased patients’ protection over time from allergic reactions, according to researchers.

The FDA issued an alert about EpiPen 0.3 mg auto-injectors, EpiPen Jr. 0.15 mg auto-injectors and authorized generic versions, stating that these products may have delayed or incorrect injections that could cause injury or death.

The FDA announced that it approved the oral immunotherapy Palforzia, the first treatment for peanut allergy in children aged 4 to 17 years.

HOUSTON — Not all children and teenagers will embrace maintenance food allergy treatments, such as the Viaskin Peanut epicutaneous patch or the biologic oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy known as AR101 — both of which are investigational therapies — according to a speaker at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

HOUSTON — Women who are pregnant, and their spouses, or those who have recently become new parents, are likely to have many questions about asthma and food allergy, according to a panel at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.