ALLERGIES

As social media is flooded with recipes and photos of cicada treats, the FDA is warning people with seafood allergies to opt out of snacking on these crunchy critters.

Allergy sufferers may be seeing increased symptoms as mask mandates lift.

It has been a particularly tough spring for people who suffer from allergies.

Allergy suffering are feeling the effects of a rising pollen count in Connecticut.

The watery, itchy, burning eyes, runny nose, constant sneezing. Allergy symptoms are no fun. Allergies make us uncomfortable, irritated and downright miserable.

Allergy season is upon us, so we asked Dr. Richard Wasserman, medical director for Pediatric Allergy & Immunology at Medical City Children’s Hospital, to answer our top 10 questions about allergies.

Dr. Lisa Leslie Williams shares simple ways to provide relief.

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.

Allergy sufferers may be in for a rough winter since poeple are spending more time indoors due to the pandemic.

Health experts say staying at home may be leading to people experiencing worse-than-normal allergies this winter season. “The biggest allergens in the winter are dust animal dander and mold cockroaches and we are inside more now,” said Pam Angelillo, a registered nurse in the allergy clinic at UConn Health. Angelillo says if your seeing allergies become more of a problem…

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...

 “I am compromised.  I’ve had pneumonia five times, I almost died the last time I was in the hospital, and I just cannot get sick,” said Nilda Perichi of Durham. Perichi said she was willing to wait as long as she had to, to get a COVID-19 test in Middletown, Wednesday.  “I think that the news has been very...

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

Experts offer advice to help you tell the difference between COVID-19 symptoms and your usual fall allergies.

Fall allergy season is in full swing and with COVID-19 top of mind, it’s important to be able to differentiate the symptoms. “Definitely lasting longer. Definitely going to more of a full thing from the spring all the way through the fall instead of when I was younger — I was just getting a little bit of it,” said Jenifer…

The beautiful, warm, dry weather is leading to a very tough tough time for allergy sufferers. We talked with an allergy doctor about what you can do to ease the symptoms

While allergy season got an earlier start than normal this year, our recent cold and wet weather has kept symptoms at bay. “It’s been a quiet season,” said Dr. Jeffrey Factor, an allergist and partner at Connecticut Asthma and Allergy. “And I think some people are sort of lulled into a sense of security but I think the spring...

You might be finding yourself trying to get outside any chance you can…to soak in some Vitamin D, get some fresh air and stretch your legs, but if you suffer from seasonal allergies, you need to prepare earlier than normal this year.

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

You’ve probably noticed spring popping up across the state. Daffodils blooming, tulips quickly growing, trees getting more colorful, but these signs of spring come at a cost for allergy sufferers. You might be finding yourself trying to get outside any chance you can — to soak in some Vitamin D, get some fresh air and stretch your legs – but…