Allergy/Asthma

WASHINGTON — Among children with allergic asthma, disease severity between those with vs. without a COVID-19 infection in 2020 was similar when assessed after 3 years, according to study results.

WASHINGTON — Food allergy-related bullying is common, with particular subgroups of children possibly at higher risk, according to study results presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

WASHINGTON — An epinephrine nasal spray resulted in outcomes that were comparable with injections in pediatric patients, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Transportation pollution puts children’s health at risk on a daily basis, but a switch to zero-emission vehicles and clean power would prevent several poor respiratory outcomes in this population, according to a press release.

Asthma was more prevalent among adolescents who used cannabis in the previous 30 days compared with those who had not used it, according to a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology.

More than half of the children with an IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy at age 6 years acquired tolerance to cow’s milk by age 12 years without oral immunotherapy, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Researchers found low rates of new peanut allergy and generally low rates of peanut discontinuation after introduction in a cohort of high-risk infants, according to study results published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

A community outreach program decreased health care resource use among children with high-risk asthma in Tennessee by targeting specific barriers to care, according to a report published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Young females using e-cigarettes had greater odds for an asthma attack than young males not using e-cigarettes, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Children from families with a history of allergic conditions may avoid peanut ingestion even after they have had negative oral food challenges, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.