Asthma

Incidence rates for several respiratory viruses, including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, declined during vs. before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results published in Thorax.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Patients with asthma can remediate mold damage in their homes after flooding caused by natural disasters, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Children born to mothers with atopic dermatitis are more prone to develop atopic dermatitis as well as other allergic illnesses, according to a study.

Research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting showed that saltwater gargling and nasal rinsing were linked to lower hospitalization rates among patients with COVID-19.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Allergists can help adolescents and young adults with atopic conditions enlist in the military, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Physicians should have open conversations with their teenage patients with atopic conditions about how to safely navigate college environments, Ruchi S. Gupta, MD, MPH, said during this Healio exclusive interview.

Intranasal corticosteroids did not impact COVID-19 mortality in patients with asthma, COPD or neither, but they did reduce the risk for all-cause mortality, according to study results published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

ANAHEIM, Calif — Benralizumab lowered the rate of COPD exacerbations among patients with asthma and COPD after 1 year, according to a poster presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — “There are a lot of interesting trends,” John J. Oppenheimer, MD, FACAAI, clinical professor at UMDNJ Rutgers, told Healio at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting.