When a child's severe asthma, eczema, hives or food allergy isn't under control, an allergist may prescribe a newer type of medicine called a biologic. But a new study being presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting finds that getting insurance to pay for these medicines can take weeks, and many requests are turned down.
Young children treated for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) with dupilumab were less likely to develop asthma in the future compared with children who received a different treatment.
The summer of 2026 was a particularly bad season for ticks. And with it came a rising number of cases of alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) thanks to bites from the lone star tick.
Babies whose mothers breathed in wildfire smoke and other air pollution during the middle and later months of pregnancy were more likely to develop asthma as young children.
