Allergy/Asthma

SAN DIEGO — High social vulnerability index scores were associated with persistent or new-onset asthma among youth in Puerto Rico, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Urban children with asthma and overweight or obesity exhibited significant metabolic changes compared with other urban children with asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

TORONTO — Prompts in electronic health records increased the use of guideline-based preventive asthma care for children, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Since there is so much going on in food allergy studies and care — and so much more that needs to be done — the Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research is having three simultaneous conferences this summer, and everyone is invited.

Infants and children with cow’s milk allergy and multiple food allergies had high gaps in nutrition, decelerated growth and unbalanced bone metabolism, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Participation in the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting is back to pre-COVID-19 levels of engagement, according to one of the event’s program chairs.

WASHINGTON — There were no significant associations between prenatal exposure to ambient particulate matter and atopic disease, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Researchers found no association between a positive COVID-19 test and the development of asthma in children, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

WASHINGTON — Physicians have a variety of safe and effective biologic choices for treating children with asthma, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Swallowed corticosteroid treatment did not impact growth velocity among children with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.