Environmental/Airborne Allergy News

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Although researchers could not associate pollen exposure with incident ACS, they did observe elevated in-hospital mortality after PCI following days of high pollen exposure prior to presentation.

Increasing temperatures as part of climate change will lead to earlier and longer pollen seasons by the end of the century, impacting allergy and asthma outcomes, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

Perrigo announced that the FDA has approved mometasone furoate monohydrate, an intranasal corticosteroid nasal spray designed to treat and prevent hay fever and allergy symptoms, for over-the-counter use.

PHOENIX — Telemedicine was a feasible and satisfactory alternative to in-person visits for identifying asthma triggers in patient homes, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Many climate-change adaptation teams in large cities throughout the world have not adequately integrated public health agencies in their planning, according to findings published in PLOS Climate.

The effects of climate change may be responsible for recent increases in asthma and allergy disorder prevalence, spectrum and severity, according to an editorial published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

PHOENIX — The Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource catalogs experimental data on antibody and T-cell epitopes in the context of infectious disease, allergy, autoimmunity and transplantation.

Researchers have associated a variant of the HLA-DPB1 gene with poor responsiveness to sublingual immunotherapy for Japanese cedar pollinosis, according to a study published in Allergy.

PHOENIX — Sensitized pet lovers may see respiratory relief as scientists have targeted an allergenic protein to delete from cat DNA, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.