Respiratory Illness

CDC data show that seasonal influenza activity is significantly elevated across the United States, and that influenza activity is at its highest level in more than 15 years.

Patients with sniffles because of allergic conditions have different living fungi within their noses compared with healthy people, according to a study conducted in Portugal and published in Frontiers in Microbiology.

Adults assigned to use a gel-based nasal spray or a saline spray experienced fewer days of illness from respiratory illnesses over 6 months vs. those assigned to usual care, according to results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

CDC advisors this year introduced the idea of transitioning the United States from a universal recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination to a recommendation based on individual risk factors.

SAN DIEGO — As a constellation of satellites orbits the Earth, researchers, health care providers, policymakers and other stakeholders in respiratory health can harness their power, said John Haynes, MS, of NASA’s Earth Action Program.

Children in Massachusetts who were publicly insured or living in less affluent ZIP codes were less likely to receive nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody for respiratory syncytial virus, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Increased respiratory resistance in preschool children is associated with respiratory symptoms and the onset of childhood asthma, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Three or more doses of maternal COVID-19 vaccine significantly enhance antibody concentrations in preterm infants compared with two or fewer doses, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Healio Pulmonology has compiled the top news on COVID-19 posted in 2023.