Skin and blood tests to diagnose peanut allergy are known to have a high rate of false positives – as… Read more »
Author: Jenifer Goodwin
Is Needle-Free Epinephrine Coming Soon?
Epinephrine auto-injectors are essential, lifesaving medications for people with allergies to food, medication or insect stings at risk of anaphylaxis.… Read more »
Rare Anaphylactic Reactions to COVID-19 Shots Aren’t Caused by Allergies: NIH
Adults with serious allergies or a mast cell disorder are no more likely to experience anaphylaxis after an mRNA COVID-19… Read more »
Does Allergic Asthma Fend Off Severe COVID-19? It’s Complicated
The impact of asthma in patients who develop COVID-19 has been a head-scratcher since the start of the pandemic. People… Read more »
5-Minute Microneedle Patch Desensitizes Peanut-Allergic Mice
A microneedle patch worn just a few minutes at a time successfully desensitized peanut-allergic mice, new research shows. By inserting… Read more »
Fecal Transplant Pills Show Promise in Treating Food Allergies
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) enabled some with severe peanut allergy to consume up to two peanuts without reacting, early clinical… Read more »
Will an OIT Formula for Multiple Food Allergies Come Soon?
As a baby, Daniel Lubetzky’s son had an allergic reaction to pineapple, and later, birthday cake. “We eventually connected the… Read more »
JAK Inhibitors for Eczema ‘Completely Changed’ 2 Teachers’ Lives
They may not know each other, but they have something very much in common. For as long as they can… Read more »
3 FDA-Approved Eczema Therapies Seen as ‘Game-Changing’
Adult and teen eczema sufferers now have three newer medications to treat the condition that causes painfully itchy, red, inflamed… Read more »
Swift Sesame Labeling Needed to Halt Sesame Allergy Reactions
Food manufacturers have until January 2023 to comply with a new law requiring them to list “sesame” on packaged food… Read more »