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School nurses find stock epinephrine improves safety of students with severe allergies
For school kids with severe food allergies, having epinephrine on hand at school can mean the difference between a scary moment and a life-threatening one. A new national survey of school nurses presented at the 2026 Annual ...
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Language barriers may keep families from introducing peanuts early
Feeding peanut products to infants early in life is one of the best tools doctors have to help prevent peanut allergy. A new study being presented at the 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy, ...
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Clinicians know food allergy panels can lead to overdiagnosis—but order them anyway
New research presented at the 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) showed many clinicians in a survey knew that food allergy panel testing often results in false ...
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Wildfire smoke during pregnancy linked to asthma in young children
Babies whose mothers breathed in wildfire smoke and other air pollution during the middle and later months of pregnancy were more likely to develop asthma as young children. That's according to a new study presented at the ...
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Patients with meat allergy who take omalizumab may see improvement of symptoms
The summer of 2026 was a particularly bad season for ticks. And with it came a rising number of cases of alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) thanks to bites from the lone star tick. A new study presented at the American College of Allergy, ...
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When a food-triggered reaction isn't a food allergy
It can be scary to have a reaction to something you've eaten and believe the symptoms indicate a food allergy. But for some, the cause of symptoms may be a different condition that can go unnoticed for years. Two new studies ...
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Insurance delays and denials mean kids don't get allergy and asthma medications
When a child's severe asthma, eczema, hives or food allergy isn't under control, an allergist may prescribe a newer type of medicine called a biologic. But a new study being presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma ...
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Study finds link between eczema and sleep problems in kids
A new study presented at the 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) adds evidence that atopic dermatitis (also known as eczema) in children is associated with sleep ...
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Early treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis may lower children's asthma risk
Young children treated for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) with dupilumab were less likely to develop asthma in the future compared with children who received a different treatment. The findings come from a new study presented ...
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It's not just peanuts and bee stings: Anaphylaxis can present in unusual ways
When people think about anaphylaxis, peanuts, shellfish or even bee stings often come to mind. Three medically challenging cases presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) 2026 Annual Scientific ...
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How gut antibodies protect against colon cancer
Antibodies that coat the lining of your gut may be playing an important role in preventing colon cancer from developing, Rockefeller University scientists have discovered.
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New 'FITdb' database reveals the genetic drivers of immune cell function
Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have developed a critical hub for functional genomics and immune cell research. LJI Assistant Professor Miguel Reina-Campos directs the new Functional Immunogenomics and ...
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Immune proteins offer new clues to how prostate cancer could be prevented
A new study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health shows that higher levels of proteins involved in activating and coordinating the immune system were associated with a lower risk of developing prostate cancer. The ...
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Why eczema increases the risk of asthma in patients
People with eczema often develop allergic asthma during the course of their lives. The reason for this is still largely unclear. Two publications from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) now turn the spotlight ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Single-tick experiments uncover shifting immune defenses during earliest stages of bacterial infection
Bacteria from the Gulf Coast tick can be transmitted to its host within one hour of attachment before spreading rapidly to lymph nodes and internal tissues, according to new research by a recent graduate of the Frederick ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Good news for people newly diagnosed with rare autoimmune disorder: Study finds low relapse risk
People newly diagnosed with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, or MOGAD, generally had a low risk of relapse and lasting disability, according to a Kaiser Permanente study. The work is published ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Three-layer model maps how protein-modifying enzymes may help regulate immunity
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have proposed a "three-tiered proteostasis model" for describing immune regulation by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs), comprising protein arginine methylation, free methylarginine ...
Nov 10, 2026
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Uncovering the regulators of inflammatory responses in macrophages
Macrophages are white blood cells that serve as the first line of defense against infections. When they encounter harmful pathogens or bacteria, macrophages undergo metabolic reprogramming: significant metabolic changes that ...
Nov 10, 2026
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An inside look at a molecular switch that triggers inflammation
Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have uncovered how an important driver of inflammation is activated at the molecular level. Their findings, published in Science Immunology, also explain how a medicine used to treat ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Cell reprogramming could make tumors more responsive to immunotherapy
In a new international study led by Lund University in Sweden, researchers have uncovered how reprogrammed cancer cells can help orchestrate the immune system's attack on tumors. Experiments in mice revealed how immune cells ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Why obesity affects males and females differently
University of California, Riverside, scientists have an explanation for why males and females respond differently to obesity. They report in PNAS Nexus that certain immune cell populations in fat tissue may protect against ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Could a flu shot help fight skin cancer?
Injecting an ordinary flu vaccine straight into skin cancer tumors may help rally the immune system against the cancer, a small early trial suggests.
Nov 9, 2026
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Is it a sinus infection, allergies or both?
If you have frequent sinus symptoms that follow a seasonal pattern, allergies may be the root cause. Seasonal allergies can cause congestion, drainage, facial pressure and fatigue. The inflammation they trigger can also increase ...
Nov 9, 2026
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Early trial results suggest potential new treatment for stiff person syndrome
A multicenter clinical trial evaluating chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) for stiff person syndrome (SPS), a rare autoimmune neurologic disorder, has produced promising early results.
Nov 9, 2026
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Mother and baby's immune cells linked to aggressive placental inflammation in preterm cases
In a healthy pregnancy, a finely tuned maternal immune response prevents the mother's body from rejecting the growing fetus. But in some pregnancies, this response goes haywire, leading to a potentially dangerous complication ...
Nov 6, 2026
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