The relationship between childhood atopic dermatitis and asthma in an under resourced community.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin disease caused by allergen exposures and estimated to affect ∼20% of children. Children in urban areas have a higher prevalence of AD compared with those living outside of urban areas. AD is believed to lead to asthma development as part of the "atopic march.

Reduced prevalence of childhood asthma after housing renovations in an underresourced community.

Background: Despite improvements in asthma symptom management and asthma morbidity, the prevalence of asthma in the United States remains high, especially in underresourced communities.

Objective: Our goal was to determine whether housing renovations affect the prevalence of asthma in an underresourced community.

Methods: The Fay Apartments (~800 units) in Cincinnati, Ohio, were renovated to "green building" standards between 2010 and 2012 and renamed the Villages at Roll Hill.

Higher mold levels found in in the deteriorated housing in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado compared to other Denver housing and higher rates of health insurance claims for some diseases documented for the Sun Valley residents compared to other Denver residents.

The Sun Valley Homes public housing in Denver, Colorado (CO) will be replaced because of its deteriorated condition. Our goal was to document the mold contamination and particulate matter (PM) concentrations in Sun Valley homes and the circulatory and respiratory health of Sun Valley compared to all Denver residents (total 2761 and 1,049,046, respectively) based on insurance claims data for 2015 to 2019. Mold contamination in Sun Valley homes (n = 49) was quantified using the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) scale.

Possible Antagonism between and in a Freshwater Lake during Bloom Seasons.

To ensure drinking-water safety, it is necessary to understand the factors that regulate harmful cyanobacterial blooms (HCBs) and the toxins they produce. One controlling factor might be any relationship between fungi and the cyanobacteria. To test this possibility, water samples were obtained from Harsha Lake in southwestern Ohio during the 2015, 2016, and 2017 bloom seasons, i.

HEPA filtration intervention in classrooms may improve some students' asthma.

Objective: The School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study 2 (SICAS 2) tested interventions to reduce exposures in classrooms of students with asthma. The objective of this analysis was limited to evaluating the effect of high-efficiency particulate (HEPA) filtration interventions on mold levels as quantified using the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI) and the possible improvement in the students' asthma, as quantified by spirometry testing.

Methods: Pre-intervention dust samples were collected at the beginning of the school year from classrooms and corresponding homes of students with asthma ( = 150).