Allergy & Immunology

Consumers play a role in the risk of eating food that contains allergens, but it is also important there are clear guidelines for allergy information in products to ensure risks are understood.

THE SECOND COVID-19 mRNA vaccine dose has been established as safe from allergic reactions that were experienced in the first dose, says a multi-hospital analysis led by allergists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), USA.

This predicted, with a high degree (76%) of accuracy and more reliably than ever before, whether an infant would develop allergies by 1 year of age…

However, severe allergic reactions created a potential barrier to large-scale vaccination rollout. For this reason, academics at Massachusetts General…

FOOD allergy affects up to 26 million members of the European population and poses a substantial public health burden. Fortunately, researchers from…

CAT allergies are among the most common allergies, affecting between 10 and 20% of the global population. Symptoms range from mild-to-moderate conditions…

Although there was variation between individual patients’ antibody levels, the researchers found the overall trend of rapid reduction to be consistent.

Allergic responses can be passed to newborns: a recent research demonstrates the effect of antibodies crossing the placenta during pregnancy.