Two young kids jumped into action when 35-year-old Sarah James passed out at home in Gillette, Wyoming. When the mother realized she was having an allergic reaction possibly to medication from recent ...

Adverse Medication Reactions in Hospitals Jump 52% Over Last 5 Years The number of hospital patients experiencing adverse reactions to medication has risen sharply, jumping 52 percent over the last ...

Drug-induced photosensitivity reactions represent a complex group of cutaneous adverse events that occur when certain medications interact with ultraviolet or visible light. These reactions are ...

Dr. Gruchalla answers the question: 'When Do I Call 911 For A Drug Allergy?' — -- Question: When is it necessary to call my doctor or 911 when I have an allergic reaction to a medication? Answer: ...

Costa Rican authorities are considering the possibility that Brett Gardner’s 14-year-old son, Miller Gardner, died from an allergic reaction. After a “preliminary ruling ruled out asphyxiation” as ...

The Cleveland Clinic explains high doses can come with outsized risk—at times "fatal," they say—compared with other types of ...

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) encompass a wide spectrum of unintended and harmful responses to medications, with hypersensitivity syndromes representing some of the most severe and potentially ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Xolair to reduce the severity of allergic reactions to one or more foods, making it the first FDA-approved medication to treat allergic ...

About 20 million people in the U.S.—including four million children—have food allergies. Now, there's a new way to reduce their risk of severe allergic reactions. A study published in the New England ...

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows just how effective an old asthma drug can be in preventing allergic reactions in people with food allergies. NPR's Allison Aubrey ...