Allergy/Asthma News

Breastfeeding mitigated the risks for developing lower respiratory tract infections in infancy and for developing asthma and allergic rhinitis in childhood, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Itaconate and its derivative 4-octyl itaconate inhibit the Januse kinase 1 immune protein, which has implications for potential severe asthma treatment, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism.

Biomarkers that predict response to inhaled corticosteroid or long-acting muscarinic antagonist treatment may differ between adults and adolescents with uncontrolled mild persistent asthma, researchers reported.

Peanut-coated microneedles may represent a safe and effective alternative to epicutaneous immunotherapy, according to a study published in Immunotherapy.

PHOENIX — The Food Equality Initiative facilitates access to food as well as education and advocacy for food-insecure families while engaging with health care providers and insurance companies to improve equity for all.

The effects of climate change may be responsible for recent increases in asthma and allergy disorder prevalence, spectrum and severity, according to an editorial published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

The FDA announced approval of the first generic of Symbicort — budesonide and formoterol fumarate dihydrate — Inhalation Aerosol for the treatment of asthma and COPD, according to an agency press release.

AstraZeneca has received an FDA complete response letter concerning its supplemental biologics license application for benralizumab for the treatment of inadequately controlled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

PHOENIX — Wildfires outside of Monterey, Mexico, last spring had an impact on patients with respiratory allergies in the city, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

PHOENIX — The Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource catalogs experimental data on antibody and T-cell epitopes in the context of infectious disease, allergy, autoimmunity and transplantation.