My cat has a splendid fur coat. That can be a problem when someone who’s allergic to cats comes to my house. I asked my friend Ed Johnson about it. He teaches classes about the human body at ...

Allergy sufferers may one day be able to erase the source of their congestion, itchy skin and swollen lips and throat thanks to two studies that have uncovered elusive immune cells that maintain ...

Flowers and trees are in bloom—and so are pollen allergies. “The immune system is very complex, and it has a pretty tough job,” says Mansi Kanuga, an allergist at Mayo Clinic Health System. “It needs ...

Are children who grow up in places like farms, rural areas, or even homes with many pets less likely to develop allergies? | ...

A decade ago, a clinical trial in the U.K. famously showed that children who were exposed to peanuts in the early months of life had reduced risk of developing a peanut allergy compared with children ...

Children who grow up in farming communities have long been known to develop far fewer allergies than their urban peers. A new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), offers one ...