allergies

Are you struggling with allergies? Storm Team 4’s Amelia Draper explains how climate change might be increasing your allergy symptoms.

A lot of things can trigger allergies in the spring, which is why Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper is sharing tips on how to control allergy irritants in the house.

A lot of things can trigger allergies this time year, which is why Consumer Reports is sharing tips on how to control allergy irritants in the house.

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper reports on seasonal allergies.

Storm Team4 Amelia Draper explains how surgical and cloth masks are shown to be effective against pollen as we enter the spring season.

A new study finds that pollen season and its awful nasal drips is coming earlier and hitting harder — and that’s because of global warming.

A Boston doctor had an allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to the hospital where he works, but is doing well. Boston Medical Center confirmed Friday night that Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who reportedly has a severe shellfish allergy, was taken to the emergency department after his first dose of the Cambridge-based company’s vaccine. It’s the...

Fall allergy season has arrived. The symptoms can sometimes be severe, and mistaken for signs of more serious illness, including COVID-19.

About 11 percent of cats end up back in shelters because of allergies, according to the ASPCA. With 3.4 million cats in shelters across the country each year, that’s about 374,000 felines surrendered because of allergies. And that number doesn’t include cats dumped out on the street each day. There may be a lot of confusion, and misinformation, about what...

Allergy sufferers may notice the wind making things worse. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper has the pollen report.

For millions of seasonal allergy sufferers, the annual onset of watery eyes and scratchy throats is bumping up against the global spread of a new virus

March came in like a lamb, but it brought the pollen with it. Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper has the scoop on how the warm weather is affecting allergies and cherry blossoms.

A lifesaving drug is not required on flights due to a shortage. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and “America’s Sexiest Doctor” want to change that. Schumer has teamed up with Dr. Mikhail Varshavski, People magazine’s “America’s Sexiest Doctor,” to call on the Federal Aviation Administration to require EpiPens on all flights.

King Bio has announced it is pulling all of its water-based products across all brands, amounting to more than 50 products intended to treat virtually every ailment from migraines to allergies, amid a national recall over concerns about possible purity issues.

U.S. regulators cleared the first generic competitor to Mylan’s EpiPen, after a yearslong delay that many said contributed to the emergency allergy drug’s rapid rise in price. Teva Pharmaceuticals received Food and Drug Administration approval for generic versions of both the EpiPen and EpiPen Jr, the agency said in a statement Tuesday.

“Hundreds of people, about a day after a thunderstorm, will crowd in ERs, and they’re gasping for air,” Dr. Jackie Eghrari Sabet told News4’s Pat Lawson Muse. Thunderstorms can trigger asthma and allergies. “Thunder asthma” is caused by high thunderstorm winds that break pollen into smaller grains that can be easily inhaled. Rain and higher humidity also can worsen the mold...

Doctors have urged women to take folic acid before getting pregnant and to continue taking it during pregnancy to prevent neural tube birth defects and serious problems like spina bifida. But if a woman consumes too much it stays in her system, and Doreen Gentzler reports researchers in Boston have discovered excess folic acid in late stages of pregnancy can...

The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way.

Every fiber of dirt and bacteria you have encountered in your life — from the birth canal, to your phone and to your mouse at work — adds to your microbiome of good germs in your body. Dr. Jackie Eghrari-Sabet of Family Allergy & Asthma Care in Gaithersburg, Maryland, gives the details about this and the risk of antibiotics.

Some American Airlines flight attendants say they want the airline to recall all of the new uniforms that have caused allergic reactions like hives and migraine headaches.