This year’s Anaphylaxis Awareness Week (1-7 October), sponsored by Nestle Health Science, starts this Sunday with a focus on empowering people with the right knowledge and building confidence to safely manage serious allergies.
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MHRA has launched an adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) safety campaign to highlight the importance and safe use of AAIs as the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis.
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A new article by Dr Paul Turner, an eminent authority on allergies at Imperial College, London and member of the Anaphylaxis UK Clinical & Scientific Panel states that the risk of a reaction…
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Anaphylaxis UK has launched a new factsheet to provide evidence-based information on food immunotherapy, a treatment option for food allergies that has been growing in popularity in recent years.
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You’ve booked your flights and the countdown is on for your summer holiday. If you have serious allergies, you may be feeling anxious about the flight, however, the good news is that there are things you can do to prepare for these journeys.
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Adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) allow people to self-administer adrenaline in an anaphylaxis emergency safely and effectively. However, recent research has highlighted how often people accidentally inject themselves in the thumb or finger instead of the correct site, which is the upper, outer thigh.
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has released concerning figures, obtained from NHS digital, that show a steep increase in hospital admissions for allergies and anaphylaxis in England. According to…
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The Benedict Blythe Foundation has published an Action Paper detailing recommendations for schools to help keep pupils with allergies safe. Five-year-old Benedict Blythe died of anaphylaxis on 1st December 2021 after collapsing…
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Coroner Lydia Brown has ended the inquest into the death of 19-year-old Alexander Ngai-Jun Wu who tragically died on 30 August 2022 in COLOGNE, Germany.
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