Survey IDs Challenges of Health Care Environmental Hygiene
50 of 51 health care facilities surveyed lacking in some or all of the five components of the WHO multimodal hand hygiene strategy
FDA Approves First Treatment for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
The monoclonal antibody showed significantly reduced eosinophils in the esophagus and patient-reported symptoms scores
Physicians Often Experience Mistreatment, Discrimination
Experience of mistreatment or discrimination by patients, families, visitors independently linked with higher odds of burnout
Regulatory, Patent Reform Needed for Inhalers for Asthma, COPD
Manufacturers have employed various strategies to obtain regulatory exclusivities and patents on inhalers, limiting generic competition
Tezepelumab Effective for Severe, Uncontrolled Asthma
Nearly half of patients experience a complete response to treatment across multiple measures
Increased Flexibility Seen in Preapproval Evidence for New Drugs
Twenty-eight percent of trials used historical, external, or other control; nearly half used surrogate measure as a primary end point
Lack of Asthma Control More Likely With COVID-19-Related Anxiety
Second study shows most parents of children with food allergy report unchanged or decreased food allergy-specific anxiety during pandemic
Asthma in Adults May Raise Risk for Subsequent Obesity
Higher risk seen for those with nonatopic disease, longer disease duration, as well as those taking oral corticosteroids
30.0 Million People of All Ages Uninsured in U.S. in 2021
For adults aged 18 to 64 years, 13.5 percent were uninsured, 21.7 percent had public coverage, 66.6 percent had private coverage
Hypersensitivity Reactions to Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents Studied
History of HSR to iodinated contrast media linked to increased risk for HSR to gadolinium-based contrast agent
