Respiratory

The race for a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine is one of the most urgent public health challenges, with multiple vaccine candidates entering phase 3 trials and case counts around the world steadily climbing. MJH Life Sciences™ will host a free webinar with the top minds in infectious disease, virology, and vaccinology to discuss the latest trial information on vaccines.

Two experimental vaccines, one from AstraZeneca and the other from CanSino Biologics, have shown promising results against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a phase 1/2 trial and a phase 2 trial. Results for both were published in The Lancet.

The effect of chronic fibrosing ILD with progressive phenotype on personal relationships with friends and family.

Other respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, also have seasonal variations, but the impact of such variation on interstitial lung disease (ILD) is poorly understood.

Concerns and precautions for a patient living with chronic fibrosing ILD with progressive phenotype during the coronavirus pandemic.

Investigators used death certificate data to determine the annual average decline of deaths attributed to systemic sclerosis.

Insurance coverage concerns and difficulties while seeking care for chronic fibrosing ILD with progressive phenotype.

States hardest hit by resurgent cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have taken steps to either halt or reverse plans to reopen economies; study findings suggest patients with asthma are no more likely than those without asthma to be hospitalized for COVID-19; the Trump administration plans to adopt a decades-old testing strategy called pooled testing that would expand testing efforts in the United States.

The management of chronic fibrosing ILD with progressive phenotype through immunosuppressants and oxygen is examined as well as the effect on lifestyle.

Exacerbation of air pollution and heat exposure related to climate change are significantly associated with serious adverse pregnancy outcomes in the United States, results from a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open show. In response to increasing levels of ozone and particle pollution, 17 attorneys general this week called on the Trump administration to strengthen standards regulating particulate matter pollution.

In its first briefing in 2 months, the White House Coronavirus Task Force addressed rising cases of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and positive test rates across states in the South, as well as the new data that show the majority of new cases are occurring in younger Americans.

A patient perspective of initial diagnosis of chronic fibrosing ILD with progressive phenotype and the subsequent impact on quality of life.

Dawn Repola recalls her journey to diagnosis of chronic fibrosing interstitial lung disease with progressive phenotype and relays frustrations along the way.

Homeless individuals are more likely to be put on ventilators for respiratory infections than non-homeless individuals, according to research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

US children with developmental disabilites were found to be at a greater risk for asthma; nursing homes attributed to 43% of US deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); cloth masks recommended when wearing a mask during exercise.

Today, there is a broader understanding of asthma, including the genetic, environmental, and host-related factors that contribute to declining lung function in patients.

The findings in this study uncovered some critical gaps in asthma care that are linked to worse outcomes.

While both subcutaneous and sublingual administrations of allergen immunotherapy reduced rhinitis medication in patients, adherence was significantly higher for those receiving it subcutaneously.

Although the total cost of asthma was more than $80 billion in 2013, the expansion of Medicaid in 2014 aided patients with asthma, according to 2 studies presented at the 2020 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) virtual conference.

Two studies presented at the Virtual 2020 ISPOR conference examined health care resource utilization and health-related quality of life in interstitial lung disease.

When should a child with asthma be considered for biologic therapy? It's important to get the basics right first, argues the author of a recent paper.

The investigators made a presumptive diagnosis of acute interstitial pneumonia after the patient presented with fever, chills, muscle pain and a dry cough, which deteriorated into respiratory failure, soon after the woman ran a half marathon.

Restrictions on the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes containing nicotine are less strict in Canada and the United States compared with England.

Patient survival following acute exacerbation depended on the pulmonary fibrosis type of the patient, according to the paper.

Those who lived alone had more risk for respiratory disease hospitalization compared with those who did not, the study authors said.

Preliminary data from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial show Gilead Sciences' remdesivir accelerates recovery in patients with advanced coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections.

Nearly 5 in 10 individuals in the United States—150 million Americans—live where pollution levels are often too dangerous to breathe, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air Report, released today. Poor air quality has been linked to higher rates of chronic diseases, comorbidities, and poor health outcomes. Several studies suggest poor air quality is a contributing factor to the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-10) in some communities.

Which pulmonary manifestations were present among patients with connective tissue disorder?

To help ease ventilator shortages resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, researchers at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering were able to modify continuous positive airway pressure machines, used to treat patients with sleep apnea, into alternatives for mechanical ventilators.