ALLERGY

Methylprednisolone, the corticosteroid that’s used to treat serious asthma attacks, works by reducing inflammation.

Experts have confirmed that people don't get Lyme disease from a Lone Star Tick bite.

Climate change has lengthened allergy season. Here are some tips from American College of Physicians' Dr. Damle and Dr. Thomas Casale from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology on how to alleviate your symptoms.

Alphapharm recalled thousands of the life-saving pens due to their failure to properly activate.

The pastries being sold in a variety of fruit flavors may have been made with tree nut, or almond flour.

Recommendations from the National Institutes of Health released Thursday provide further support of exposure as a means of preventing food allergies.

Referred to as epicutaneous immunotherapy, the treatment — currently undergoing clinical trial — uses a patch to deliver small amounts of peanut protein through the skin.

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch has not addressed the drug company’s price hike of the auto-injectors.

EpiPens dispense epinephrine, a synthetic adrenaline used to counter effects of severe allergic reactions. A rise in its price has led families to look for risky alternatives.

Kids with asthma would benefit from a test for peanut sensitivity, especially when wheezing and coughing are difficult to control.

Despite what the name might imply, the pollen tsunami hasn’t broken any records just yet, experts say.

Changing how you dress and what you eat can help alleviate dreaded springtime allergies.

A recent study found kids living in families that washed their dishes by hand were roughly 40 percent less likely to develop allergies.

Playing in the dirt isn't the only natural way children's immune systems are strengthened.

Munching on peanuts during pregnancy doesn't cause peanut allergies in kids, a new study shows.

Scientists tried replicating another group's recipe for a genetic test for autism, and found it lacking.

The same molecular mechanism that can cause unfortunate allergy symptoms after bee stings may also confer protection against venom.

A Viola, Ark., schoolboy was denied his homemade peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich at lunch because of a ban on peanut products, sparking an outcry on Facebook over lunchtime rights and the ever-growing list of child-safety-oriented rules that leave some parents hungry for common sense.

The disease dubbed "Adult-Onset Immunodeficiency" by researchers is not caused by a virus, meaning it is not contagious.

The main pollen culprits tied to the increase in hospital visits came from oaks and grasses, whose levels spike in the spring.

Miley Cyrus isn't waiting for her wedding to Australian actor Liam Hemsworth to get in tip-top shape. The "Hannah Montana" star tweeted a photo of her "fiancé" jeans that shows Cyrus with tight stomach and tiny waist.