Asthma

Increased exposure to nitrogen dioxide from U.S. stoves may be responsible for approximately 50,000 cases of current pediatric asthma, with marginalized groups incurring more exposure than the national average, according to a study.

Early exposure to tree and weed pollens in urban environments increases the risk for developing childhood asthma, according to a study published in the European Respiratory Journal.

Discovery of higher GSDMB expression in children with a genetic defect linked to asthma explains why they commonly experience viral infections and face an elevated risk for asthma, according to study results.

Healio has compiled April’s most-read news in asthma and allergy.

Climate change has resulted in higher pollution levels, more wildfires and warmer temperatures, all of which come together and increase the risk for asthma, according to a paper published in Frontiers in Science.

Children living in census tracts with greater environmental injustice experienced poorer asthma outcomes, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Compared with healthy individuals, having undiagnosed COPD or asthma negatively impacted quality of life and led to higher health care usage, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Websites focused on inhaler technique frequently overlook important preparation steps and device care/maintenance, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

At the start of the pandemic, there were no data to show whether asthma put pregnant women at higher risk for complications from COVID-19, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

WASHINGTON — There were no significant associations between prenatal exposure to ambient particulate matter and atopic disease, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.