Allergy & Clinical Immunology News

Monoclonal Antibodies: A New Treatment for Long COVID? A small study generated impressive results.
Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2023
New Research Aims to Unravel Both ME/CFS and Long COVID A 2-day research conference sponsored by the US National Institutes of Health highlighted research that points to mechanisms that suggest potentially "druggable" pathways.
Medscape Medical News, December 21, 2023
US FDA Approves Sweden-based Calliditas' Kidney Disease Drug The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to Swedish drugmaker Calliditas Therapeutics' drug to treat rare kidney disease IgA Nephropathy (IgAN), the...
Reuters Health Information, December 20, 2023
Recent TB Infection Rare Among Immigrants to Canada Data suggest that few immigrants to Canada with tuberculosis infection were infected within the preceding 2 years, when the risk for progression to tuberculosis disease is the highest.
Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2023
Infections Down in Acute Care Hospitals Prevention strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections are having an effect, according to a new report on national- and state-level incidence.
Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
Oral Immunotherapy Allays Peanut Allergy in Preschool Kids The peanut oral immunotherapy trial, POSEIDON, revealed promising outcomes in desensitizing preschool children with a peanut allergy, potentially reshaping early intervention strategies.
Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
Pilot Study Educates Barbers About Pseudofolliculitis Barbae In the study, barbers received questionnaires before and after an educational session on the recognition, cause, prevention, and treatment of PFB, which disproportionately affects Black men.
Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
Alert FDA Approves Tralokinumab for Treating Eczema in Adolescents It is the first treatment for pediatric patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis that specifically targets the interleukin (IL)-13 cytokine.
Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2023
Top 10 Fictional Docs on Streaming TV Both tried-and-true and out-of-the-ordinary holiday gift ideas are offered to those seeking a great present for a physician.
Medscape News Slideshows, December 15, 2023
Alert Antiparasitic Wins FDA Approval for High-Risk Neuroblastoma The FDA approved eflornithine to treat this rare cancer in adult and pediatric patients. The drug has also been approved to reduce excessive facial hair growth and to treat sleeping sickness.
Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2023
WHO Report Reveals That Malaria Cases Increased in 2022 The global status of malaria has been affected by factors such as the pandemic, which significantly disrupted malaria services, treatment, and diagnosis worldwide.
Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2023
CAR T-Cell Therapy: Cure for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases? CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy led to persistent complete remission in 15 patients with three distinct autoantibody-dependent autoimmune diseases.
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2023
Sickle Cell Gene Therapy 'Truly Transformative' Patients who received lovo-cel had durable remissions and reductions in vaso-occlusive events, pain crises, and hospitalizations in the longest running gene therapy trial for sickle cell disease.
Medscape Medical News, December 10, 2023
In Real World, Patients With Myeloma Have Worse Outcomes A new analysis found that patients with multiple myeloma receiving standard therapies have much worse outcomes compared with those treated in clinical trials.
Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2023
Geriatricians, Look Out for Patients With Long COVID Patients residing in nursing homes may exhibit signs of long COVID that are missed.
Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
US Life Expectancy Still Lags: What Doctors Can Do Today Learn why American life expectancy has eroded and what you can do with patients to help fix the problem.
Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2023
How’s the Food? Rate Your Hospital Cafeteria Historically, hospital cafeterias have not been celebrated for the quality of their cuisine, typically feeding their staff from the same kitchen that prepared patient meals. How would you rate your hospital's cafeteria?
Medscape Reader Polls, December 05, 2023
MSWS 2023 Misdiagnoses Among Challenges in Managing Cutaneous Lymphoma Although predictive tools to identify those at risk of disease progression are in their infancy, the development of such tools is crucial for improving patient outcomes.
Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2023
COVID Vaccines Lower Risk of Serious Illness in Kids Two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits by 40%.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
EADV 2023 Novel Subcutaneous Biologics Show Promise in AD Patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis could soon have more therapeutic options, with monoclonal antibodies targeting novel immune pathways that reduce disease severity, suggest two trials.
Medscape Medical News, December 01, 2023
Parental Stress and Depression Linked to Childhood Asthma Data from a national sample of Australian children showed worse asthma symptoms in the presence of family hardships, maternal depression, and other stressors.
Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
COVID Vax T-Cell Responses Help B-Cell–Deficient Patients The findings demonstrate how vaccine-induced T-cell responses could potentially reduce COVID-19 severity, the authors write.
Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2023
Tapinarof Effective for AD in Patients as Young as 2 years Tapinarof cream, 1%, an aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist, was approved in 2022 for treating plaque psoriasis in adults.
MDedge News, November 28, 2023
Alert FDA Warns of Potentially Lethal Reaction to Seizure Meds Levetiracetam and clobazam can cause a rare but serious drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms that can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated quickly, the FDA warns.
Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
Global Measles Deaths Increased by 43% in 2022 The rise in measles outbreaks and deaths is not surprising, given the recent decline in vaccination rates, said an official of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Medscape Medical News, November 28, 2023
Air in Remote First Nations Houses Tied to Respiratory Ills The air in First Nations houses in remote northwestern Ontario contains high concentrations of biocontaminants, mold, and fine particles that increase the risk of respiratory infections.
Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
Methotrexate Carries Higher Risk for Older CKD Patients Adverse event data showed an increased risk of myelosuppression, sepsis, pneumotoxic effects, or hepatotoxic effects.
Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
Parent Concerns a Factor When Treating Patients With AD For a parent whose child has an inflammatory skin disease, pigmentation changes, rather than inflammation, might be the reason that he or she brought the child to the clinician.
MDedge News, November 23, 2023
How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Sleep Quality? Researchers presented data about the relationship between sleep and outcomes such as response to vaccination and recovery from COVID-19.
Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2023
Risks Quantified in Medically Optimized Pregnancy With Lupus Patients who were not medically optimized for pregnancy were three times more likely to experience preterm birth and preeclampsia.
Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
AHA 2023 Alternative Antirejection Regimen in Pediatric Heart Transplant Results of the head-to-head TEAMMATE trial show the combination of everolimus and low-dose tacrolimus can be considered an alternative to MMF plus tacrolimus in pediatric heart transplant.
MDedge News, November 21, 2023
Why Intense Exercise May Lead to a Cold Inactivity has emerged as a risk factor for respiratory infections but too much physical activity could also increase susceptibility.
Medscape Medical News, November 21, 2023
ACR 2023 Novel Blood Test Can Detect Rheumatoid Arthritis An experimental assay detects epigenetic features within the unique patterns and sizes of cell-free DNA found in blood, but is it better than clinical diagnostics?
MDedge News, November 20, 2023
Lebrikizumab Gets the Nod in the EU for Atopic Dermatitis Lebrikizumab, an interleukin-13 inhibitor, is not yet approved in the United States.
MDedge News, November 20, 2023
Use the Stool! Fecal Transplants Help Kids With C Diff The American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed fecal transplants to eliminate a particular infection in children and called for more research about other uses.
Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
Before Signing an Offer Letter: Read This You just received an offer letter, but should you sign it right away? How legally binding is it? Is it the same as a contract? Experts weigh in.
Medscape Medical News, November 17, 2023
New Consensus Guide on Rare Drug Hypersensitivity Reaction Experts provided parameters to help clinicians, but they acknowledged the limited evidence base for drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms.
Medscape Medical News, November 17, 2023
Should Physicians Go to Work When Sick? Although most doctors believe it's best to stay home if they're ill, today's healthcare system makes the answer much more complicated.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023
CAR-T Therapy for NHL Treats Concurrent Rheumatic Disease CAR–T cell therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma appeared as safe and effective in patients with rheumatic autoimmune disease as in those without and also improved control of the underlying autoimmunity.
Medscape Medical News, August 24, 2023
First Guidelines Developed for Childhood EGIDs Beyond EoE Limited existing literature spurred the development of a consensus document to guide the diagnosis and treatment of rare eosinophilic diseases.
Medscape Medical News, August 23, 2023

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