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HOUSTON — Data presented here at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting indicate that tree nut allergies are responsible for up to 40% of anaphylaxis reactions. Also, when combined with peanuts, tree nut allergies account for up to 90% of anaphylactic fatalities.

The FDA’s Allergenic Products Advisory Committee recently voted in support of AR101, an investigational biologic oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy in children and teenagers, bringing it one step closer to approval.

Researchers demonstrated that long-term use of sublingual immunotherapy, or SLIT, was an effective and safe option to treat peanut allergy in children aged 1 to 11 years, according to findings published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

The last few weeks of summer can be an exceptionally difficult time to find an epinephrine auto-injector in some parts of the country, an allergist told Healio Primary Care.

At least 1 million children and adults in the U.S. are likely affected by a current IgE-mediated sesame allergy, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.

Advanced glycation end products, or AGEs, which are found in abundance in junk food, are likely associated with the significant increase of food allergies among children in recent years, according to study results presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Numerous studies have implicated Staphylococcus aureus in the development of eczema.

The size of the peanut skin prick test size increased over time in infants at risk for peanut allergy, according to an abstract presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology annual meeting.

Automatically flagging new referrals and reserving clinic and challenge appointments for infants allowed for faster scheduling of peanut allergy evaluations than usual, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

New research on food allergy treatments, stewardship of oral corticosteroids, microbiome’s role in allergy development, and shared decision making were some of the highlights at the recent American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology annual meeting.