Allergy News
August 5, 2025
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Aug. 3, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that flossing between your teeth could one day help vaccinate you. By targeting a uniquely permeable gum tissue called the junctional epithelium, this new method stimulates immunity right where many infections enter: the ...
July 27, 2025 — Air pollution isn't just bad for your lungs—it may be eroding your brain. In a sweeping review covering nearly 30 million people, researchers found that common pollutants like PM2.5, nitrogen ...
July 24, 2025 — Scientists at Princeton and the Simons Foundation have identified four biologically distinct subtypes of autism, using data from over 5,000 children and a powerful new computational method. These ...
July 24, 2025 — HIV antivirals may be the key to stopping HTLV-1, a deadly virus with no cure. In a decade-long study, researchers successfully suppressed the virus in mice and discovered a way to kill infected cells, offering hope for the first preventative and ...
July 23, 2025 — Radiation therapy, once thought of mainly as a local cancer treatment, is now showing power to awaken the immune system in surprising ways. Researchers discovered that combining radiation with immunotherapy can transform stubborn, unresponsive lung ...
July 21, 2025 — A new UK study shows that vaccinating pregnant women against RSV has led to a staggering 72% drop in hospitalizations of newborns with severe lung infections. By passing virus-fighting antibodies to ...
July 18, 2025 — In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three people—two parents and a female donor. The process, known as pronuclear ...
July 18, 2025 — President Trump s diagnosis of Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) has brought renewed attention to a frequently overlooked yet dangerous condition. CVI affects the ability of veins especially in the legs to return blood to the heart, often leading ...
July 2, 2025 — Locked-down Hungarians who gained or lost pets saw almost no lasting shift in mood or loneliness, and new dog owners actually felt less calm and satisfied over time—hinting that the storied “pet effect” may be more myth than mental-health ...
July 2, 2025 — Researchers testing urine from 2- to 4-year-olds in four U.S. states uncovered 96 different chemicals, many of them unmonitored and linked to hormone and brain disruption. Legacy toxins like ...
June 30, 2025 — Smoke from wildfires and structural fires doesn t just irritate lungs it actually changes your immune system. Harvard scientists found that even healthy people exposed to smoke showed signs of immune system activation, genetic changes tied to ...
June 21, 2025 — USC researchers have uncovered a hidden driver behind the early and severe onset of Alzheimer's in people with Down syndrome: iron overload in the brain. Their study revealed that individuals with ...
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June 20, 2025 — Researchers from MIT and Scripps have unveiled a promising new HIV vaccine approach that generates a powerful immune response with just one dose. By combining two immune-boosting adjuvants alum and ...
June 17, 2025 — Coffee might be doing more than fueling your morning routine it could be extending your life. A large-scale study by Tufts University suggests that drinking one to three cups of caffeinated coffee ...
June 10, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and ...
June 9, 2025 — A breakthrough study from Keck Medicine of USC may have found a powerful new triple therapy for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. By ...
June 2, 2025 — Chronic inflammatory bowel disease is challenging to treat and carries a risk of complications, including the development of bowel cancer. Young people are particularly affected: when genetic ...
June 2, 2025 — A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS ...
May 30, 2025 — An international clinical trial shows an innovative CAR-T cell immunotherapy is promising against aggressive T cell cancers and has manageable side ...
May 30, 2025 — Researchers determined how much outdoor particulate pollution affects indoor air quality. Their study concluded pollution from inversion and dust ...
May 30, 2025 — An analysis of data from a national health survey conducted before the pandemic found that pizza, soup and chicken are some of the main sources of sodium (salt) intake for people in all racial and ...
May 29, 2025 — Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions ...
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May 27, 2025 — With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather. As ...
May 22, 2025 — For gene therapy to work well, therapeutic molecules need to be efficiently delivered to the correct locations in the body -- a job commonly given to adeno-associated viruses (AAV). To improve the ...
May 21, 2025 — In 2022 a team discovered that high levels of OH radicals can be generated indoors, simply due to the presence of people and ozone. This means: People generate their own oxidation field and change ...
May 19, 2025 — Researchers have published the first description of the role of the ZFP36 family of RNA binding proteins in regulatory T cells (Tregs). Tregs are key to maintaining balance in the immune system and ...
May 19, 2025 — A study has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut ...
May 15, 2025 — A decades-long scientific challenge in HIV vaccine development has been finding a way to train the immune system to produce antibodies that can target many variants of the virus. Traditional ...
May 15, 2025 — Thetis cells, a class of immune cells first described in 2022, play an essential and previously unknown role in suppressing inflammatory responses to food, a new study ...
May 15, 2025 — Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their ...
May 14, 2025 — New device can give peace of mind and reduce anxiety for breastfeeding moms. It uses bioimpedance, which is currently used to measure body fat, and streams clinical-grade data to a smartphone or ...
May 14, 2025 — Most vaccines -- and boosters -- are injected directly into muscle tissue, usually in the upper arm, to kickstart the body's immune system in the fight against disease. But for respiratory ...
May 14, 2025 — The skin microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Researchers have now substantiated that certain skin bacteria can protect us from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation ...
May 12, 2025 — Cancer treatment with a cell-based immunotherapy causes mild cognitive impairment, a Stanford Medicine team found. They also identified compounds that could treat ...
May 9, 2025 — A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in developing broadly protective, live-attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIV). These innovative LAIV platforms offer potential to develop ...
May 9, 2025 — New research shows that the gum disease bacterium P. gingivalis can slip into the bloodstream and infiltrate the heart. There, it quietly drives scar tissue buildup -- distorting the heart's ...
May 8, 2025 — The recent global monkeypox (mpox) outbreak, with a new and aggressive variant, has underscored the dire need for safe, broadly effective, and accessible vaccines. The LC16m8 vaccine, an attenuated ...
May 8, 2025 — Scientists have engineered a monoclonal antibody that can protect mice from a lethal dose of influenza A, a new study shows. The new molecule combines the specificity of a mature flu fighter with the ...
May 7, 2025 — Bacterial resistance negates the effect of antibiotics in the treatment of infection. Using mouse models, researchers now show that if antibiotics are administered with an enzyme called endolysin, ...
May 5, 2025 — People who are given a vaccine for shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart failure, and coronary heart disease, according to a recent study of more than a ...
May 5, 2025 — Deleting a cluster of genes in wheat may reduce wheat allergies without harming breadmaking, finds anew ...
May 1, 2025 — Imagine trying to tell identical twins apart just by looking at their fingerprints. That's how challenging it can be for scientists to distinguish the tiny powdery pollen grains produced by fir, ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Maintaining Balance in the Immune System
- Fast Food, Fast Impact: How Fatty Meals Rapidly Weaken Our Gut Defenses
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- Two HIV Vaccine Trials Show Proof of Concept for Pathway to Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
- Key Player in Childhood Food Allergies Identified: Thetis Cells
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- New Study Offers Insights Into Designing Safe, Effective Nasal Vaccines
- New Study Reveals Our Skin's Own Bacteria Can Help Protect Us from the Bad Effects of Sunlight
Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- Novel, Needle-Free, Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccines With Broad Protection Against Human and Avian Virus Subtypes
- Heart Rhythm Disorder Traced to Bacterium Lurking in Our Gums
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of a Smallpox Vaccine for Preventing Mpox
- Engineering an Antibody Against Flu With Sticky Staying Power
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Shingles Vaccine Lowers the Risk of Heart Disease for Up to Eight Years
- Targeting Gluten: Researchers Delete Proteins in Wheat Harmful to People With Celiac Disease
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- AI System Targets Tree Pollen Behind Allergies
- A Digestive 'treasure Chest' Shows Promise for Targeted Drug Treatment in the Gut
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Study Links Childhood Trauma to Increased Substance Use and Unexpected Effects on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Adolescents
- Protein Sources Change the Gut Microbiome -- Some Drastically
- Novel Rat Model Paves the Way to Advance COPD-Associated Cor Pulmonale Research
- New Drug Shows Promise for Treating Bronchiectasis
Monday, April 28, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Clinical Trials to Test Vaccine Against Alzheimer's-Promoting Tau Protein
- The Antibiotic That Takes the Bite out of Lyme
- Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome May Be Driven by Remnants of Infection
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Has No Cure: Could a Cancer Drug Hold the Answer?
- Can Hormone Therapy Improve Heart Health in Menopausal Women?
Monday, April 21, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- New Study Reveals How Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Can Arise
- Experimental Bird Flu Vaccine Excels in Animal Models
- Study Identifies New Method for Improving Lung Growth and Function in Preterm Infants
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Researchers May Have Solved Decades-Old Mystery Behind Benzodiazepine Side Effects
- Sleep Matters: Duration, Timing, Quality and More May Affect Cardiovascular Disease Risk
- A Mysterious Pathogen: Oropouche Virus More Common in Latin America Than Previously Thought
- Recently Discovered Immune Cell Type Is Key to Understanding Food Allergies
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Better Tools When Searching for Genetic Causes of Asthma
- Study Shows How New Antibody Therapy Works Against Ovarian Cancer
- Dogs Could Help Predict Valley Fever Spread in Humans
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Certain Nasal Bacteria May Boost the Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Study Finds
- Master Regulator Blocking Immunotherapy, Paving the Way for a New Lung Cancer Treatment
- Your Skin Is Breathing: New Wearable Device Can Measure It
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Nasal Spray H5N1 Avian Influenza Vaccine Developed
- Viral 'backbone' Underlies Variation in Rotavirus Vaccine Effectiveness
- Smoke from US Wildfires, Prescribed Burns Caused Premature Deaths, Billions in Health Damages
- ALS Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer's Disease in New Animal Study
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improve Chronic Low Back Pain
- A Gentle Approach Offers New Hope for Inflammatory Lung Diseases
- Molecules That Fight Infection Also Act on the Brain, Inducing Anxiety or Sociability
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- Researchers Find Intestinal Immune Cell Prevents Food Allergies
- Surgery Doesn't Always Help With Chronic Rhinosinusitis -- A New Risk Score Predicts Treatment Efficacy
- PEPITEM Sequence Shows Effects in Psoriasis, Comparable to Steroid Cream
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
- Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer's Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia
- Martian Dust Could Pose Health Risks to Future Astronauts
Thursday, March 27, 2025
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- Anti-Amyloid Drug Shows Signs of Preventing Alzheimer's Dementia
- New Data on Mpox Vaccine Effectiveness
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Researchers Find Missing Link in Autoimmune Disorder
- Feline Therapy: Study Suggests Cats Could Fill an Assistive Niche
Monday, March 17, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- The Relationship Between Gut Microbiota, Immunoglobulin A, and Vaccine Efficacy
- New Antibody Reduces Tumor Growth in Treatment-Resistant Breast and Ovarian Cancers
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Promising Active Ingredient for Lupus Therapy
- Blind to the Burn: Misconceptions About Skin Cancer Risk in the US
- Cause of Post-COVID Inflammatory Shock in Children Identified
- Meningococcal Vaccine Found to Be Safe and Effective for Infants in Sub-Saharan Africa, Study Suggests
- Routine Asthma Test More Reliable in the Morning and Has Seasonal Effects, Say Doctors
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Scientists Identify Genes That Make Humans and Labradors More Likely to Become Obese
- Novel Enzyme Found in Gut Bacteria Could Revolutionize Prebiotic Research
- New Discovery to Accelerate Strep A Vaccine Efforts
- Genomics to Revolutionize Treatment of Childhood Rare Diseases
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Research Identifies Key Antibodies for Development of Broadly Protective Norovirus Vaccine
- TB Vaccine Candidate Provides 'elite' Protection
- Possible Biomarker Identified for Crohn's Disease With Arthritis Type
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
- New Treatment Option for Psoriasis Discovered
- Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- How Air Pollution and Wildfire Smoke May Contribute to Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
- One Gene Variant Is Poised to Cure a Devastating Inherited Disease
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Immunity Against Seasonal H1N1 Flu Reduces Bird Flu Severity in Ferrets, Study Suggests
- New Study Supports Caution Regarding Use of Steroids
- Why Brain Cancer Is Often Resistant to Immunotherapy
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
- Immune 'fingerprints' Aid Diagnosis of Complex Diseases
- Dermatology Researchers Discover New Skin Disease Using Innovative Diagnostic Platform