Welcome to 2026! As you celebrate the new year, it will be time to settle down and read this month’s Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Building on last month’s theme, we again are exploring food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) with important information that will help you improve your clinical practice.
Our reviews this month include a call for consensus on standardized oral food challenges for FPIES, adults’ experiences with FPIES, and FPIES’ psychosocial impact. These reviews will bring you up to speed on FPIES and its impact on adults with the disease. Another review this month looks at airway overlap syndromes with asthma.
Are you feeling isolated in your practice? A probing editorial this month explores “why an allergist should see another allergist.” This article is a must read – especially for those who think they might be burning out. Wellness needs to be a priority for us all. The Marginal Zone this month looks at shellfish – focusing on all of the negative things that can happen when you eat them. The cartootorial this month discusses the role of shellfish in adult FPIES, fitting the issue’s theme.
Many of the original articles this month are focused on asthma or respiratory disease. Articles focusing on therapeutics explore the use and safety of an albuterol-budesonide inhaler for reliever use, the use of tezepelumab in patients with asthma and a co-occurring respiratory illness, and fixed-dose inhaled corticosteroid with long-acting beta agonist therapy in adults with asthma. Another article looks at asthma and various other associations and how they are related in under-resourced children. Two additional studies explore the relationship between laundry washing habits, detergents, and wheezing in children, and the utility of the eosinophil-to-lymphocyte ratio with computed tomography scores to predict chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. Read letters that analyze the supply and demand for allergy and immunology training in the United States, as well as patient perspectives with regard to various allergic diseases and social media.
As the new year begins, be sure to make your New Year’s resolution to read Annals every month cover to cover! Annals’ goal is to always provide the most up-to-date information so that you can provide the best possible care to your patients. As we ask every month, if you have any comments, please email Annals (annals@ACAAI.org) with any comments (good or bad) about articles and the utility of the journal.
Mitchell H. Grayson, MD, FACAAI
Editor-in-Chief
