Asthma

Adults with asthma experienced more nonrespiratory diseases and multimorbidity than adults without asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Exposure to mouse allergen was associated with air trapping but not with airflow limitation in a low-income, urban pediatric asthma population, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Patients with the rs2305480 variant of the GSDMB gene who had a pet dog as a baby did not have an increased risk for persistent wheeze or asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Respiratory viruses contributed to the excess burden of asthma-related visits to the ED for children in racial and ethnic minority groups outside of the COVID-19 lockdown, according to study results.

Researchers found no association between prenatal exposure to acid-suppressive medications and risk for allergic diseases in children, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Women with mild asthma have worse small airway function, lower fractional exhaled nitric oxide and more prominent declines in these parameters with age than men, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Long-term treatment with dupilumab appeared effective among patients with asthma with or without coexisting chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

The FDA approved a pressurized metered-dose inhaler with a fixed-dose combination of albuterol and budesonide for use as rescue medication among patients with asthma aged 18 years and older, according to a manufacturer-issued press release.

Dupilumab facilitated the reversal of persistent airflow obstruction and improved clinical outcomes among patients with uncontrolled moderate to severe asthma, according to a post-hoc analysis in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a change to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate pollution to improve breathing conditions for communities, according to a press release from the agency.