Environmental/Airborne Allergy News

Students and faculty from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, worked together in an innovative pilot course that led them to document a CSX coal terminal’s impact on air pollution on the Curtis Bay neighborhood.

BOSTON — Amidst climate change, it is important that pulmonologists/critical care experts consider the impact worsening particulate matter, ozone and allergens have on their patients, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

BOSTON — Rates of sensitizations to outdoor aeroallergens increased in Chicago following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an abstract presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

BOSTON — Symptoms improved with mepolizumab after treatment with omalizumab failed for a patient with asthma who developed allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, according to a poster presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

ALK announced the FDA approval of its new line of allergy skin testing devices and well trays, according to a company press release.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the New York State Department of Health $5 million to address indoor air quality issues and greenhouse gas reduction in schools.

Healio has compiled September’s most-read news in asthma and allergy.

Children in Puerto Rico who grew up with a cat in their household were 68% less likely to develop asthma, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

SoundHealth announced the unveiling of SONUCast, which predicts allergy responses based on the shape and size of a person’s nasal cavity and sinuses.