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Baylor Scott & White doctor discusses the increase in allergies during the spring.

April 9, 2024 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

David Winter, MD, at Baylor Scott & White Health, discusses the increase in allergies during the spring. What You Need to Know: Changing weather patterns can contribute to allergies. Allergy symptoms include itchy eyes, stuffy nose, nasal drainage, coughing or…

How to Keep Allergies from Taking the Zing Out of Your Child’s Spring: Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Available

March 21, 2023 sarah JonasFeature Expert

Spring has arrived. The new season is bringing budding trees and blossoming flowers, along with runny and stuffy noses, sneezes and itchy, watery eyes.

What makes us sneeze?

June 15, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

What exactly triggers a sneeze? A team led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified, in mice, specific cells and proteins that control the sneeze reflex. Better understanding of what causes us to sneeze — specifically how neurons behave in response to allergens and viruses — may point to treatments capable of slowing the spread of infectious respiratory diseases.

Face Shield or Face Mask to Stop the Spread of COVID-19?

September 1, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

If CDC guidelines aren’t enough to convince you that face shields alone shouldn’t be used to stop the spread of COVID-19, then maybe a new visualization study will. Researchers simulated coughing and sneezing from a mannequin’s mouth using a laser light to visualize droplets expelled. They tested a plastic face shield and found that they block the initial forward motion of the exhaled jet, however, aerosolized droplets are able to move around the visor with relative ease.