Allergy/Asthma News

Hospital readmissions for asthma among children aged 3 years and older in Australia increased from 2017 to 2018, researchers reported in Journal of Asthma.

The Food Allergy Severity Score, or FASS, quantified differences in the severity of allergic reactions to animal-source foods and to tree nuts and legumes, according to data from the EuroPrevall study.

Climate change is having a substantial negative impact on allergies, asthma and other respiratory disorders, according to a presentation given during the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Hybrid Congress.

Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene appeared to predispose children to multiple types of food allergies independently of whether they had eczema, according to study findings in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Although the impact varies by country and by type, food allergies come with substantial monetary costs for families and other stakeholders, according to study results.

Patients with asthma who began triple therapy with a single inhaler had better adherence than patients on triple therapy with multiple inhalers, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Maintenance and reliever therapy using inhaled corticosteroids and formoterol was associated with lower risk for asthma exacerbations, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

The biologics mepolizumab, dupilumab and benralizumab showed minimal differences in efficacy and safety in treating eosinophilic asthma, according to a review of eight studies published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Less than half of physicians identified gastrointestinal and upper respiratory tract symptoms as potential signs of anaphylaxis, according to findings presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Hybrid Congress.

Antibiotic allergies frequently were incompletely and inconsistently documented in a tertiary pediatric hospital setting, according to a study presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Hybrid Congress.