More Support for Early Peanut Intro to Reduce Allergy Risk "Dramatic" decline in prevalence after feeding shift in Australia, study shows Mar 01, 2021
CDC: Anaphylaxis Rate With COVID Vax 10 Times Greater Than for Flu Shots But events still rare and nonfatal, and benefits outweigh risks, officials say Jan 06, 2021
CDC Updates Contraindications to COVID-19 Vaccination Casts wider net on allergic reactions to vaccine components Jan 04, 2021
Promising Peanut Allergy Treatments Hit Snags in 2020 COVID-19 interrupts Palforzia rollout; FDA slams door on competitor's patch therapy Jan 03, 2021
Most Allergic Reactions Not Enough to Nix COVID-19 Vaccine More observation may be all that's required, even among those with history of severe reactions Dec 18, 2020
Food Allergy Differences Among Black, White Kids Higher prevalence of wheat, soy, and seafood allergies in Black children Nov 17, 2020
More Evidence for Ligelizumab in Chronic Hives Anti-IgE drug showed improved activity in omalizumab-treated patients with inadequate symptom control Nov 17, 2020
Novel Biologic Effective for Both Allergic, Non-Allergic Asthma Reduced exacerbations, improved lung function Nov 16, 2020
NSAID Allergies May Boost Risk for Opioid Use Disorder These patients might benefit from targeted allergy evaluation Nov 15, 2020
Xolair Holds Up for Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Polyps No new safety signals in open-label extension trial of POLYP studies Nov 15, 2020
Teen's Death Prompts Warning on 'Benadryl Challenge' FDA tries to squelch latest stupid craze Sep 25, 2020
Mepolizumab Offers Relief for Chronic Sinus Trouble Anti-IL5 biologic cut polyp size, need for surgery in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps Sep 10, 2020
Finally, Something Good to Say About Fire Ants It's "only hand waving," but they may inhibit spread of red meat allergy Jun 25, 2020
Environmental Chemical Exposure Tied to Celiac Disease Risk was much higher in females than males May 12, 2020
AAAAI: Restaurant EpiPens; Devices OK After Expiration? How About After Laundering? Roundup of epinephrine injector research prepared for AAAAI 2020 Mar 16, 2020
Montelukast Warning Upgraded Existing risk information not prominent enough and needs a black box, FDA decides Mar 04, 2020
Dumpster Diver Eats Sushi From Gas Station. What Happened Next? Fishy food habits send this money-saving college student to the hospital Feb 20, 2020
Will Palforzia Revolutionize Peanut Allergy Tx? FDA approves first-ever peanut immunotherapy, but wide adoption uncertain Feb 03, 2020
Diverse Diet in Pregnancy May Protect Baby From Eczema Study examined "varied dietary intake, not just eating specific foods or diets," researcher says Nov 12, 2019
New Agent Relieves Itching for Patients on Dialysis "This is the first time anyone has shown anything that's worked" Nov 08, 2019
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Responds to Steroid Majority of previously treated patients responded to oral formulation of topical budesonide Oct 28, 2019
Good Early Results With Laser for Chronic Rhinitis Durable effects with no bleeding, crusting, or laser-related complications Sep 16, 2019
Patient Says Allergic to Penicillin? Maybe, Maybe Not Often these cases can be safely re-challenged Apr 11, 2019
Allergy to Heart Device Can Be Overcome Small study shows diagnosis, reimplantation can yield good outcome Apr 03, 2019
Budesonide Tablet Tx Promising for EoE Locally active corticosteroid induced complete remission in PPI-refractory eosinophilic esophagitis Mar 28, 2019
In Chronic Urticaria, Staying on Treatment Matters 55% of patients who stopped taking omalizumab saw return of symptoms Feb 27, 2019
Breathing Problems From Aspirin? Help is Here Encouraging results with desensitization protocol, nasal polyp removal Feb 26, 2019
Pharma Lap Dance; Dark Web Opioids; Pot Cookies for Tantrums? Clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 01, 2019
Salt Accumulation May Be a Factor in Atopic Dermatitis But hypothesis regarding sodium chloride levels in skin needs more work, expert says Dec 16, 2018
Skin-Stripping Test Promising for Inflammatory Skin Diseases Protein analysis may help differentiate between eczema, psoriasis Dec 16, 2018
1.2 Million Children and Teens Have Peanut Allergies Two studies estimate current PA prevalence to be 2.2% Nov 20, 2018
EpiPens Still Work After Freezing Devices still fired after being frozen for 24 hours in study Nov 20, 2018
Study: Adult-Onset Food Allergy Fairly Common Almost half of over 40,000 U.S. adults reported allergy development after age 18 Nov 19, 2018
California Fire: What is the Impact on Health in the Long Run? "There is simply no precedent for this," expert says at ACAAI annual meeting Nov 18, 2018
Peanut-Derived Oral Agent Wins as Allergy Immunotherapy But experts question duration of benefit and potential cost of drug Nov 18, 2018
Milk Allergy Most Common in U.S. Kids Under Age 5 Years But many young children are not prescribed epinephrine Nov 17, 2018
Parental Pacifier Sucking May Lower Kids' Allergy Risks Lower early-life total IgE production linked to mom or dad orally "cleaning" pacifier Nov 17, 2018
FDA Approves 6th Drug for HAE Also the 6th to receive orphan drug status for the rare condition Aug 24, 2018
FDA Extends Expiration Date for Certain EpiPens Shortage of the epinephrine auto-injector first reported in May Aug 21, 2018
