Peanut-Allergic Kids With Other Food Allergies, Eczema See Responses With EPIT Will epicutaneous immunotherapy be a lower-burden alternative to oral immunotherapy? Feb 28, 2023
Biologics for Asthma: Who Gets Them and Who Uses Them? Single-center study finds sluggish prescriptions, but patient-level barriers are also at work Feb 28, 2023
Investigational Biologic Shows Efficacy for HAE Prophylaxis Once-a-month drug had a big impact on attack rates Feb 27, 2023
Real-World Data Confirm Early Peanut Feeding Benefit for High-Risk Infants But caregivers reported that following the feeding protocol was not always easy Feb 27, 2023
Sublingual Immunotherapy Appears Viable in Treating Peanut Allergies in Kids 70% achieved clinically significant desensitization in prospective study Feb 24, 2023
Childhood Eczema Rose in Past Two Decades, With Unexplained Racial Divides Black and multiracial children had the greatest increases in eczema Feb 22, 2023
Moderna Booster Vaccine Singled Out for Chronic Hives Chronic spontaneous urticaria more frequent when compared with Pfizer's mRNA vaccine Feb 01, 2023
FDA Approves Novel Dual Rescue Inhaler for Asthma in Adults First-in-class Airsupra combines inhaled corticosteroid and short-acting beta2 agonist Jan 11, 2023
Use of Acid-Suppressive Medications in Infants May Lead to Allergic Diseases However, no meaningful associations were seen with prenatal exposure Jan 10, 2023
COVID's Lasting Consequences for Kids Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, details the post-COVID symptoms presenting at his clinic Dec 27, 2022 video
Early Win for Gene Therapy in Rare Form of SCID 10 infants were able to make their own T cells; safety good so far Dec 21, 2022
Data on Dupixent in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Now Published First peer-reviewed accounting of efficacy and safety results in pivotal trial Dec 21, 2022
Pharmacogenomic Results Clear to Young Cancer Patients' Families But few guardians shared these results with other care providers Dec 09, 2022
New Treatment Options on the Horizon for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Monoclonal antibodies, BTK inhibitor alleviate symptoms when antihistamines fall short Nov 16, 2022
Skin Patch Helped Young Kids With Peanut Allergies More kids had responses, decreased symptom severity, versus those who received placebo Nov 15, 2022
CRISPR Shows Promise for Hereditary Angioedema in First-in-Human Trial No safety concerns reported and swelling attacks declined Nov 15, 2022
Toddlers With Peanut Allergy Tolerate Oral Immunotherapy PTAH, already approved for those ages 4-17, also attenuated the sensitivity in younger children Nov 14, 2022
Finding Potential Ties Between Baby-Soft Skin and Risk for Food Allergy Later On Are moisturizers to blame for increased chances for childhood food allergies? Nov 13, 2022
Sped-Up IDT an Option After Flying-Bug Stings Accelerated interdermal skin testing not tied AEs in small study Nov 12, 2022
Allergy Meds May Make Drug Overdoses More Dangerous, CDC Says About 15% of overdose deaths included antihistamines mixed with other drugs Oct 13, 2022
Fight Cat Allergies With Newest Asthma Drug? SCIT boosted with tezepelumab made it easier to tolerate cats, or at least allergies to them Oct 13, 2022
First Treatment Approved for Eosinophilic Esophagitis FDA expands dupilumab's label to treat inflammatory condition May 20, 2022
Vulnerable Teens May Ask, Who'll Stop the Rain? Precipitation seen as trigger for airway inflammation May 19, 2022
Pumping (IV) Iron Linked to Varying Anaphylaxis Risk for Older Adults Study finds risk was low, but unequal across different products Mar 28, 2022
Antisense Drug Slashed Hereditary Angioedema Attacks in Small Study Donidalorsen also allowed longer intervals between treatments Mar 16, 2022
First Drug-Eluting Contact Lens Wins FDA Nod Contact lens releases antihistamine to treat itchy eyes Mar 03, 2022
One Nutty Gene: Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Outcomes Affected by HLA Allele Carriers of immune system gene variant show better response to treatment Feb 28, 2022
10 With the Lowest Hourly Rate Calculated by annual salary divided by number of hours worked Feb 23, 2022
Oral Peanut Allergy Tx May Be Even More Effective in Younger Children Earlier oral immunotherapy "ready for immediate real-world implementation," editorialists argue Jan 20, 2022
Are Second COVID Vax Doses Too Risky After Allergic Reaction to the First? Mostly no, says military doctor Nov 10, 2021
HAE Still Drawing Attention From Drugmakers Two new products show midstage promise in hereditary angioedema Nov 10, 2021
For Some Food-Allergic Kids (and Parents), Anaphylaxis Isn't the Worst Problem It's the unnecessary, crippling worry about the possibility of it Nov 08, 2021
Peanut Allergy Patch Still Looks Good 3 Years Later Reactions diminish over time in open-label study Nov 07, 2021
Guidance on Exposing Babies Early to Peanuts Not Catching On Parents say their docs didn't make a point of recommending it Nov 07, 2021
Could This Biologic Drug Work in Patients Lacking Its Target? Bizarre finding with omalizumab Nov 07, 2021
Second Dose of COVID Vaccine Safe Even After Allergic Reaction Small study found even those with anaphylaxis following the first dose tolerated the second one Jul 26, 2021
Nix Nut-Free Classrooms, New Allergy Guidelines Urge Focus on management, training rather than food bans, international panel says May 05, 2021
Minority Participation in Food Allergy Trials Remains Low Increasing participation is a significant unmet challenge, researcher says Mar 04, 2021
