Allergy/Asthma News

Long-term air pollution exposure at levels below current U.S., European Union and WHO guidelines was significantly associated with mortality from natural causes, CVD and respiratory disease, according to findings published in The BMJ.

Use of environmental exposure chambers to test for conjunctivitis response from birch appeared to be closer to natural exposure vs. use of conjunctival allergen challenge, according to data published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

A fixed-dose combination of albuterol and budesonide at 180/160 µg and 180/80 µg demonstrated significant benefits in patients with asthma, according to high-level results from the MANDALA and DENALI phase 3 trials.

Infants who continuously received cow’s milk formula had a smaller risk for developing cow’s milk allergy compared with infants who discontinued this formula early on, according to a study.

In patients with uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma, breathing exercises in addition to usual care improved quality of life, despite asthma severity, researchers reported at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.

In patients with moderate to severe eosinophilic asthma, treatment with dexpramipexole depleted blood and tissue eosinophils, which correlated with improvement in lung function, according to results of the phase 2 EXHALE trial.

The FDA announced that it is delaying its decision on whether some e-cigarettes can remain on the market.

Although the CDC lists a severe or immediate allergic reaction to the first dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine as a contraindication for the second dose, a study found most individuals with a dose one reaction received dose two safely.

Patients with food allergies can avoid items that may be dangerous — or they can work with an allergist to develop an oral immunotherapy plan that would enable them to safely consume and enjoy previously dangerous foods.

Wide-ranging office work exposures were associated with the development of asthma in some employees, according to new research presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.