My son Thomas has carried around a needle since he entered kindergarten at the age of 5. That was a big responsibility for a small child to carry an injector loaded with lifesaving epinephrine, but ...

People with severe allergies now have more choices for which epinephrine auto-injector to carry in case they suffer a life-threatening attack, and most pay less for it than they did when the EpiPen ...

It's the worst nightmare for anyone with a life-threatening food allergy. On Jan. 11, Órla Baxendale, 25, a Manchester, England, native living in New York, ate a vanilla Florentine cookie at a social ...

I'm a 16-year-old high school student and I have 31 anaphylactic allergies. I am allergic to all nuts, shellfish, fish, tree nuts, local anesthetics, several other medications, and stinging insects.

Epinephrine auto-injectors are the mainstay of emergency treatment for anaphylactic allergic reactions, but despite many years of widespread use, important questions about them remain unanswered. At ...

Lindsay Green learned that her 2-year-old son, Everett, had a peanut allergy when he was around 10 months old, leading her to learn more about how to protect her baby. Now, she has taken this concern ...

Anaphylaxis is a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can affect several organ systems in the body and may threaten breathing and blood circulation. The most common causes of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The costs of epinephrine autoinjectors have decreased since generic options arrived in 2016, but these costs ...

Doctors prescribe EpiPen (epinephrine injection) to treat anaphylaxis from any cause, including food and medication allergies. Use EpiPen as soon as symptoms start or just after exposure to a known ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Lawmakers took a step Wednesday to cap the out-of-pocket cost for epinephrine injectors and ensure Nebraska schools and licensed child care programs have policies ...

A Boston doctor with a shellfish allergy had a serious reaction to Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine and has recovered after he was allowed to use his allergy autoinjector, health officials reported. The man ...