Allergy/Asthma

The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.

ORLANDO — Nutrition plays a role in the management of atopic dermatitis, according to research presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.

The FDA approved Celltrion’s omalizumab biosimilar, Omlyclo, for the treatment of multiple conditions including asthma and food allergy, according to an agency press release.

SAN DIEGO — Among inner-city children with asthma, daily inhaler adherence was “overestimated” by parents when compared with adherence captured via an electronic monitoring device, according to a presentation here.

Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.

SAN DIEGO — Percentages of children with peanut allergy who responded to treatment with the VP250 VIASKIN Peanut patch from DBV Technologies increased from 12 months through 60 months, according to an abstract presented here.

SAN DIEGO — Following use of race-neutral lung function equations, African American and Latino pediatric patients with asthma had reductions in FEV1 and FVC while white patients with asthma had increases, according to a presentation here.

SAN DIEGO — Infants who did not exclusively feed on colostrum during their first 3 days of life were more likely to develop egg or peanut allergy, according to an abstract presented here.

SAN DIEGO — In Chicago public schools that adopted a stock inhaler program, more students who used a stock inhaler for asthma symptoms went back to class vs. leaving with a parent or emergency services, according to a poster presented here.