SUNDAY, Nov. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The holidays: Twinkling lights, family dinners and packed travel plans. Plus, a surge of allergy and asthma triggers that can turn the season stressful for some folks. But with a little planning, you can enjoy the celebrations without spending them sniffing, itchy orContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A rare tick-spread “meat allergy” has now been tied to its first confirmed death, according to researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine (UVA). Doctors reported that a healthy 47-year-old New Jersey man died in 2024 after eating beef, with symptomsContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Evidence is mounting that oral immunotherapy can help many children shake off food allergies. Children benefited from being fed small amounts of food allergens to desensitize them, according to a pair of studies presented over the weekend at a meeting of the AmericanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Treatment with an experimental peanut protein patch can help young children safely build tolerance to peanuts, a new study says. More than 70% of children treated with the Viaskin Peanut Patch could tolerate at least three to four peanut kernels without a reactionContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A once-rare meat allergy caused by tick bites is dramatically increasing across the United States, researchers said. There’s been a 100-fold increase in positive test results for the allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, between 2013 and 2024, researchers reported last week at the AmericanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — You may have seen recent news stories reporting that a national data investigation found that routine childhood vaccination is slipping across much of the United States, leaving classrooms and daycares with growing gaps in protection against highly contagious diseases like measles and whoopingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Encouraging parents to introduce peanuts to their infants early has led to a significant drop in new allergy diagnoses, according to researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Their study — published in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics — is theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Starting in 2026, restaurant chains in California will be required to list major food allergens on their menus in a first-of-its-kind law. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill Monday, making California the first state to require allergen labeling for restaurants with 20 orContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pediatricians can better help parents prevent peanut allergies if they are provided support that helps them follow national guidelines, a new study says. Doctors were more likely to recommend early introduction of peanut-containing foods into the diets of infants if they had educationalContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Seasonal allergies are considered an annoyance to most, and maddening to some. Few think of seasonal sniffles and sneezes as potentially fatal — but we might be overlooking the danger they pose, a new study warns. High pollen counts are linked to aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with extreme, life-threatening allergic reactions might do as well to use a nasal spray as jab themselves in a thigh with an EpiPen, a new evidence review says. Adrenaline delivered with liquid or powder nasal sprays is as effective, and sometimes evenContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When people hear about anaphylaxis, they often associate the severe allergic reaction with food allergies. And while food allergies can cause anaphylaxis, allergies to insect stings, medications and latex can also trigger the response. Anaphylaxis is rare. In most cases, people with allergiesContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Back-to-school is an exciting time for kids and parents, but it also marks the beginning of fall allergies as well as the cold and flu season. So on top of gathering clothes and books and school supplies, parents also might have to figureContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 infection might increase a person’s risk of developing asthma, seasonal allergies and long-lasting sinus problems, a new study says. However, vaccination appears to reduce this risk, researchers report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. “It is interesting to see thatContinue Reading