Asthma News - May 8, 2025

Current asthma research, announcements and opportunities, collected and distributed by Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) Asthma Program Staff. Sign up to receive weekly-ish news emails.

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World No Tobacco Day virtual event: Exposing lies, protecting lives: Unmask the appeal of tobacco and nicotine products ~ May 13 @ 7 AM ET

Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, WHO will host an online event to reveal how flavours, additives, as well as product packaging and other design elements, are engineered by tobacco and nicotine industries to appeal to new users and keep existing ones — and what countries are doing to push back.

Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America: Are Nasal Polyps Connected to Asthma and Allergies?

An allergist answers this question (yes) and provides more information about the link between asthma, allergies and nasal polyps.

May MDHHS Asthma Social Media Messages

Asthma-related social media messages are now available, please share them within your personal or organizational networks.

Changes in Inhaled Steroid Dispensing to Children After Withdrawal of Brand-Name Fluticasone Propionate

The withdrawal of brand-name fluticasone propionate was associated with increased discontinuation of inhaled steroid therapy among children using this drug. Increases in discontinuation were greater among young children and Medicaid patients, two groups at elevated risk of asthma morbidity.

The usual suspects: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Rhinovirus (RV) drive asthma development and exacerbation

This review found that the timing of viral infection in addition to patient phenotype play key roles in susceptibility. Infants with an atopic phenotype are at risk of developing asthma after severe RV infections early in life, while those without existing allergic disease are more likely to develop recurrent wheezing (and possibly asthma) after RSV infection.

Association Between Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and Pediatric Asthma Control

Higher HbA1c levels were associated with worse asthma control among children with asthma, adding to evidence that metabolic dysfunction may influence asthma morbidity. Additionally, HbA1c could have a stronger influence among non-obese children with underlying metabolic dysfunction, suggesting the need for future studies to investigate metabolic pathways in asthma.