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.

The allergy season this year has a lot of people suffering, even those who say they’ve never had allergies before. Turns out the mask you’ve got lying around can help.

Many people are reporting the pollen is affecting their allergies more than usual this year.

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.

With the coronavirus pandemic, many are worrying if their sniffling is more than just seasonal allergies, but there are some simple ways to tell the difference.

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.

A Boston doctor had an allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, but is doing well.

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...

Thousand of additional doses of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine started to arrive in Massachusetts Tuesday.

Now that Massachusetts’ new coronavirus vaccine plan has been announced, residents are beginning to take in the news and figure out what it means for them. The vaccine distribution plan Gov. Charlie Baker released Wednesday establishes three phases. The vaccines are safe, as doctors have attested, but there are good reasons that a few people should not get the vaccine,…

Pregnant? Have significant allergic reactions? You may be among the few people who shouldn’t get the coronavirus vaccine when it’s made available to you — but that doesn’t mean the public on the whole shouldn’t have high confidence in the vaccine’s safety. An expert explains.

Every Halloween, treats are tricky for children with nut allergies. A local treatment center says it can help.

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

Tuesday night: Clouding up. Lows in the 40s, 30s north. Wednesday: Morning showers, mixed with snowflakes north, clearing later. Highs only in the 40s.

Tuesday evening: Partly cloudy. Temperatures in the 50s. Overnight Tuesday: Clouding up. Lows in the 40s, 30s north. Wednesday: Morning showers, mixed with snowflakes north, Afternoon clearing. Highs only in the 40s.

An absolutely stunning day of sunshine and dry air will make for wonderful spring weather in New England with high temperatures in the 60s, but there are some fairly typical dry spring weather drawbacks to be aware of: high pollen count, very high brush fire danger and a high UV index.

Tuesday: A delightful spring day, high pollen count and brush fire potential. Highs in the 60s. Tuesday Night: Clouding up. Lows in the 40s, 30s north. Wednesday: morning showers, mixed with snowflakes north, evening clearing. Highs only in the 40s.

Today (Monday): Pleasant, sunny. Highs just over 60.
Overnight Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
Tuesday: Mild and fair. Highs 60-65.

Two brilliant and mild days will provide a much-needed boost to the psyche for some, during this very difficult week ahead. The theme of these first two days of the week: seize the day!