FEV1 helps measure the progression of lung conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma. FEV stands for forced expiratory volume, which is the air you exhale in one ...

For millions of people around the world, asthma is more than just a breathing problem—it is a chronic and often debilitating condition caused by the immune system's exaggerated response to ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield now requires prior authorization for severe asthma drugs administered in-office for patients in five states, including Oklahoma. The change affects patients with BCBS coverage ...

The Mount Hutton-Windale area has the highest childhood asthma rate in the Hunter and the second highest in Australia, research shows.

Folks with asthma might better control their symptoms by precisely timing when they use their inhaler, a new study says. A single daily preventive dose of inhaled corticosteroid is best taken at ...

Scientists have found the optimal time asthma patients should use inhalers to slash the risk of a potentially deadly attack. Those who use a brown inhaler — which prevents breathlessness ...

Analysts at Leerink agreed with Sanofi that, despite falling short of statistical significance in the Phase II TIDE-Asthma trial, amlitelimab warrants further development in this indication. Analysts ...

The researchers found that repeated antibiotic use before age 2 is associated with a higher risk for asthma, food allergies and hay fever later in life. These findings also applied to siblings who had ...

Sanofi’s ef­forts to ex­plore its OX40-lig­and tar­get­ing drug for in­flam­ma­to­ry dis­eases oth­er than eczema have hit a road­block as the drug failed a Phase 2 … ...

Amlitelimab reduced asthma exacerbations by over 70% in biomarker-defined patients at week 60. Sanofi plans a phase 3 amlitelimab trial; safety remained consistent over 60 weeks of treatment.

For folks who deal with allergies or asthma, this conundrum takes on a different level of urgency, taking a toll on health and well-being — especially because, as the EPA also reports, Americans are ...