Pediatric Allergy Asthma News

The neffyinSchools program from ARS Pharma will provide eligible public and private K-12 schools in the United States with two cartons of the company’s neffy epinephrine nasal spray, including a total of four single-use doses, for free.

Older parental age at delivery increased the risk for certain childhood allergic diseases in offspring, according to study results.

Infants with a diverse diet at age 9 months were less likely to develop food allergy by age 18 months, especially if they had a history of eczema, according to a study published by Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Patients with food allergies face many risks when they dine and travel away from home, but doctors need data to help prioritize and address these dangers.

High fish consumption during pregnancy did not increase the risk for asthma in children by age 7 years, according to results of the Seychelles Child Development Study Nutrition Cohort 2.

Following receipt of increasing peanut oral immunotherapy, or home-measured peanut butter, desensitization to peanut protein in children initially able to ingest more than half a peanut was achieved, according to study results.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The production of isocyanate compounds from the environment may explain the increasing prevalence of atopic dermatitis, according to a speaker at Masters of Pediatric Dermatology.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Atopy from food allergies to environmental factors can increase hair loss prevalence among children and adults, according to a presentation at South Beach Symposium.

BOSTON — The lack of data evaluating the clinical manifestations of adverse drug reactions before and during pregnancy shows need for more research in this area for this patient population, according to Ruchi Shah, MD, FACAAI, FAAAAI.