Allergy/Asthma News

In this episode, hosts Shikha Jain, MD, Douglas H. Jones, MD, Amy Comander, MD, Dagny Zhu, MD, Don Dizon, MD, and Mark A. Lewis, MD, discuss the new social media platform, Threads and how physicians can use it for their practice.

Guidelines from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recommends introducing peanut into the diets of high-risk infants between age 4 and 6 months.

A survey showed few health care providers are familiar with the potentially life-threatening allergic reaction known as alpha-gal syndrome, which evidence suggests may be primarily associated with the bite of a tick, according to the CDC.

Six batches of albuterol sulfate inhalation aerosol 90 mcg (200 metered inhalation) were voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer due to container defects that may prevent them from releasing the proper dose.

Recent data show that alpha-gal in health products triggers anaphylactic reactions in about half of patients with alpha-gal syndrome, highlighting the potential life-threatening nature of the syndrome without transparent ingredient labeling.

The FDA has set a new target action date for ARS Pharmaceuticals’ neffy epinephrine nasal spray, which is designed to treat anaphylaxis and other type 1 allergic reactions without a needle or injection.

The Allergen Disclosure in Non-Food Articles Act would amend the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labels on drugs intended for human use to indicate if they include ingredients derived from the top nine food allergens or glutens.

Although the number of alpha-gal syndrome tests increased in Tennessee from 2013 to 2022, the proportion of confirmed cases remained stable, recent data show.

Racial, ethnic and socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of food allergies are evident in ED visits related to food allergies and epinephrine autoinjector use, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

More than 20% of patients whose penicillin allergy was disproved in a hospital allergy clinic still had an inaccurate penicillin allergy label in their primary care clinic, revealing a lack of communication between providers, a study found.