Allergy/Asthma

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation that requires the state’s commissioner of health to provide written information on how to recognize anaphylaxis and use epinephrine autoinjectors to the state’s teachers.

Maternal omega-3 supplementation contributed to decreases in risks for food allergy among infants, including egg and peanut sensitization, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Children attending daycare centers with a dust microbiota profile of Streptococcus and Lactococcus faced an increased likelihood for wheezing, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Infants with more mature microbiota had less allergy-related wheeze or asthma in early childhood, according to an abstract presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

DNA methylation among newborns was associated with asthma acquisition in adolescence, partially mediated by pre-adolescent atopy, according to a letter published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy.

Pregnant women who lived near forests and parks had reduced odds for low birth weight, which may also decrease the risk for poor infant lung health, according to a presentation at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Children who lived in inner cities and had high levels of IL-6 in their plasma appeared more likely to also have greater asthma symptoms, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Children diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis were predominantly white, non-Hispanic and English speaking, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Asthma was less common among children who lived in neighborhoods with high and very high opportunity during their early lives than among those who lived in areas with less opportunity, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Children with food allergy had greater risks for food insecurity, underscoring the need to assess for food insecurity in allergy practices, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.