https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/allergies/RSS feed for AllergiesenTue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-high-stakes-quest-to-make-snakebites-survivable-took-leaps-forward-this-year-with-promising-new-avenues-to-safer-antivenoms-180987876/A wave of fresh science is challenging a century-old treatment and offering hope to the people snakebites harm most—often far from hospitals and helpTue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-high-stakes-quest-to-make-snakebites-survivable-took-leaps-forward-this-year-with-promising-new-avenues-to-safer-antivenoms-180987876/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-out-for-these-invasive-stinging-ants-that-may-cause-life-threatening-allergic-reactions-180986770/First introduced in the 1930s, carnivorous Asian needle ants appear to be spreading across the United StatesTue, 10 Jun 2025 20:59:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-out-for-these-invasive-stinging-ants-that-may-cause-life-threatening-allergic-reactions-180986770/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-meat-allergy-linked-to-tick-bites-may-be-increasing-in-the-us-cdc-report-finds-180982627/As many as 450,000 people may have the potentially life-threatening condition, with thousands of those cases undiagnosed, the agency estimatesWed, 02 Aug 2023 17:11:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-meat-allergy-linked-to-tick-bites-may-be-increasing-in-the-us-cdc-report-finds-180982627/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-skin-patch-could-help-allergic-toddlers-tolerate-peanuts-180982171/Some young children with allergies could eat low doses of peanuts without a severe reaction after wearing the patch for a year in a clinical trialMon, 15 May 2023 16:03:26 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-skin-patch-could-help-allergic-toddlers-tolerate-peanuts-180982171/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-allergies-associated-with-lower-risk-of-sars-cov-2-infection-180980187/An NIH study found that food allergies reduced risk of infection by 50 percentThu, 02 Jun 2022 19:24:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-allergies-associated-with-lower-risk-of-sars-cov-2-infection-180980187/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-closer-to-creating-hypoallergenic-felines-180979832/The allergen-causing protein Fel d 1 was removed from feline cells using the gene-editing toolThu, 31 Mar 2022 12:20:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-are-closer-to-creating-hypoallergenic-felines-180979832/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/italian-scientists-create-rising-pizza-dough-without-yeast-180979793/Exposing the dough to high-pressure gasses can create a similar rise as fermentationThu, 24 Mar 2022 18:51:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/italian-scientists-create-rising-pizza-dough-without-yeast-180979793/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-happens-when-scientists-become-allergic-their-research-180976981/Researchers spend long periods of time around the organisms they study, and sometimes that exposure has unintended effectsFri, 12 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-happens-when-scientists-become-allergic-their-research-180976981/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-change-making-allergy-season-worse-180976996/New research finds climate change is making allergy season arrive earlier and bring higher pollen loads in North AmericaFri, 12 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-change-making-allergy-season-worse-180976996/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-allergic-reactions-peanuts-and-tree-nuts-spike-scary-way-halloween-180976165/Parents and children can avoid the dangers by taking key precautions and embracing alternative activitiesThu, 29 Oct 2020 18:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-allergic-reactions-peanuts-and-tree-nuts-spike-scary-way-halloween-180976165/