Australia, the ‘allergy capital of the world,’ has launched a world-first free nationwide treatment program for children with peanut allergies. The goal is to safely build tolerance to the troublesome ...

Some people allergic to peanuts can tolerate small amounts. While for others, any exposure can be deadly. For decades, all these patients have been lumped together with the same management option -- ...

Peanut allergy rates in young children plummeted since guidelines were introduced that advised parents to feed the common allergen to babies — reversing decades of medical practice.

What you need to know about the new FDA-approved peanut allergy treatment for kids ages 4 to 17, including how it works and how much it costs. As one of the “big eight,” the most common food allergies ...

A large study provides the strongest evidence that children and teenagers can be desensitized to peanut allergies through controlled, escalating exposure to a substance that could otherwise trigger a ...

Researchers in England have found that roughly 80 percent of children with peanut allergies who participated in an experimental treatment were able to build resistance to the allergy and can now ...