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The working group strongly recommended inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and streamlined management of asthma by suggesting a combination of ICS and rapid-onset long-acting β-agonist as both reliever and controller agents and step-up therapy by increasing ICS and/or adding long-acting anticholinergic agents.

“This device will become many patients’ primary epinephrine device because it removes the hurdle to administering epinephrine earlier in the anaphylactic process.” — Haley Overstreet, MD, Aspire Allergy & Sinus

“Today’s approval of the first generic fluticasone propionate inhalation aerosol represents an important step in expanding access to affordable asthma treatment.” – Iilun Murphy, MD, Director of the Office of Generic Drugs in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

Early introduction of multiple foods reduced the prevalence of food allergies at 3 years of age.

The more targeted vaccine formulation allows for administration of a smaller mRNA dose (10 mcg/0.2 mL) while achieving “higher seroresponse rates and geometric mean neutralizing antibody titer levels.”

Watermelon is generally a healthy food choice, so if you tolerate it well, you can eat it often. The recommended daily allowance for fruit is 1.5 to 2 cups a day.