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Yale’s Planetary Solutions Project has awarded seed grants to 23 new proposals. A showcase event featuring last year’s seed grant projects is set for May 8.

Washington, April 25: Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has long been linked to the emergence of childhood wheezing illnesses, but the link between RSV infection during infancy and the development of childhood asthma has remained unknown.

Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has long been linked to the emergence of childhood wheezing illnesses, but the link between RSV infection during infancy and the development of childhood asthma has remained unknown.

TUESDAY, April 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kids who were infected with respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, in their first year may be at greater risk for asthma,

Infants that are infected by respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, are at higher risk of developing childhood asthma, research shows. An RSV infection during infancy, when the lungs and immune system are still developing, may cause abnormalities that later lead to asthma, researchers said. Most children have been infected by RSV by age 2.

A new observational study by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers has found that RSV infection in the first year of life is associated with a significantly increased risk of asthma in children. The study, the first to look at the effects of RSV infections of all different severities on childhood asthma risk at a population level, was published in the journal The Lancet.

Severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has long been associated with the onset of childhood wheezing diseases, but the relationship between RSV infection during infancy and the development of childhood asthma has remained unclear.

Food allergy and obesity raise COVID-19 infection risk, but asthma does not, according to an NIH-funded study.

NIH study finds high BMI and obesity raise infection risk, but asthma does not.

"Its not a finding that we necessarily expected," said one of the studys lead researchers.