Updated July 20, 2025: The proposed ADDE Act has cleared another hurdle toward becoming law in California. The act would… Read more »
Food Allergy News
Grad Timmy Howard’s Peanut Allergy Tragedy: Lost Him ‘So Fast’
A week after celebrating their son’s college graduation, Patty and Tim Howard were holding the 22-year-old in their arms as… Read more »
When a Punchline Can Kill: the Trouble That Lurks in Allergy Jokes
On its season closing show, Saturday Night Live included a sketch with jokes about flight delays at Newark Liberty International Airport.… Read more »
Immune ‘Thetis’ Cells Linked to Food Allergy Prevention in Early Life
This copyrighted article is written by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center staff and reproduced with permission. A decade ago, a clinical trial in the U.K. famously… Read more »
Neffy Maker Steps Up Awareness for MDs; Launches Kids’ Device
ARS Pharmaceuticals, the maker of neffy, is stepping up efforts to boost awareness of its needle-free epinephrine spray ahead of… Read more »
Advocacy for ADDE Act Menu Bill in High Gear Following Key Vote
Momentum continues to build in efforts to make California the first state to require restaurants to list top allergens on… Read more »
Is A Cure for Food Allergies Getting Close?
Ten years ago, Dr. James Baker, then chief medical officer of Food Allergy Research & Advocacy (FARE), told the organization… Read more »
ADDE Act for Allergy Menu Labels Gets Boost As NonProfits Clash
One-by-one, classmates of young food allergy advocate Addie Lao walked up to a microphone to address the California Senate Health… Read more »
Xolair Rival Aims for Food Allergy Dosing of Every 2 to 3 Months
Updated December 2025 – A San Francisco-based biotech company is developing a new blocker of the IgE allergy antibody for… Read more »
Allergy Tragedy in Rome: Was Restaurant to Blame?
Updated April 17: An American college student on a study trip to Italy has sadly died of a severe anaphylactic… Read more »