A Mass General team has developed modified criteria that may help health care professionals more accurately identify anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction, in infants and young ...

Anaphylaxis is a rapid and severe allergic reaction. It is also a life-threatening emergency. A rising number of children are being treated in emergency departments for anaphylaxis in recent years. At ...

Severe allergic reactions to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine appear to be very rare, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Friday, as data from vaccines administered through ...

A CDC report indicated that there were 21 cases of anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions) out of 1,893,360 people who received first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. (Photo by JOSEPH ...

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, like the one made by Pfizer and BioNTech, appears to induce rare anaphylactic reactions in a small number of people who receive the vaccine, new data from the Centers for ...

Lara Gross, MD, is an allergist-immunologist at Dallas Allergy & Asthma Center, where she specializes in food allergies. She has board certifications in both internal medicine and allergy & immunology ...

Doctors prescribe EpiPen (epinephrine injection) to treat anaphylaxis from any cause, including food and medication allergies. Use EpiPen as soon as symptoms start or just after exposure to a known ...

Some people have an allergic reaction to chemotherapy. Allergic reactions can range from mild skin irritation to life threatening anaphylaxis. To avoid this, your care team will monitor you during and ...