Allergy/Asthma News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a change to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine particulate pollution from 12 µg/m3 to 9 µg/m3, according to a press release from the agency.

ARS Pharma continues to study the effectiveness and safety of its neffy epinephrine nasal spray as patients with allergies wait for an alternative to autoinjectors for anaphylaxis treatment.

Black children had higher odds for severe food allergy reactions and E usage as well as lower total lifetime epinephrine use than white children, according to a study in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Allergists and immunologists often decide to enter the specialty during their residency, primarily because of the work-life balance it offers, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Negative reactions to COVID-19 vaccines such as local skin reactions and hives may drive hesitancy to receive additional doses, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Patients with allergic conditions had a greater risk for COVID-19 diagnosis but a lower risk for dying of the disease than patients without these conditions, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to ’1104 from Revolo Biotherapeutics, a first-in-class immune-resetting peptide designed to treat eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a press release.

Founded in 2017 by the National Day Calendar and the Physician Moms Group, National Women Physicians Day is a time where the medical community can honor the path that female doctors have paved through history.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Clinique have partnered to establish the Mount Sinai-Clinique Healthy Skin Dermatology Center, Mount Sinai announced in a press release.

Treatment options for children with eosinophilic esophagitis have expanded with the FDA’s approval of dupilumab for those aged 1 to 11 years who weigh at least 15 kg, according to a press release.