by American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy—introducing small amounts of peanut over a period of time to cause less of a reaction if the person eats something with peanut—has been used by allergists for years to help desensitize those with peanut allergy. A late breaking abstract,...
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Allergists offer reassurance regarding potential allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – Reports of possible allergic reactions to the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, both recently approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have raised public concern. A team of experts led by allergists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has now examined all relevant information...
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Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions
By Jop de Vrieze Dec. 21, 2020 , 5:10 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. Severe allergy-like reactions in at least eight people who received the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech over the past 2 weeks may be due to a compound in the packaging...
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Could allergic reactions be prevented? Team identifies key protein that triggers symptoms
by Dan Dakin, Brock University Spring is in the air, and that means allergic reaction-causing pollen is, too. It’s reported that 20 percent of the Canadian population lives with hay fever and nearly 10 percent have food allergies. And the problem is only getting worse. “Allergies are absolutely an epidemic,” says Brock University Associate Professor...