Pollen bomb! Six ways to fight hay fever this spring, from vitamin D to making new friends
Air pollution and the climate crisis are making pollen even more of a menace. Here’s how to stop your eyes itching and nose streaming
April 2023
Eurostar urged to carry adrenaline injectors in first-aid kit after medical alert
A doctor was shocked to find no anti-allergy pens on board the train, though operator says law forbids it at present
Hope at last for hay fever sufferers: Japan is waging war on pollen
Peter Ormerod
For too long, the plant world has laughed at our puffy faces and runny noses. Finally there’s a plan to stop them, says journalist Peter Ormerod
Japan declares war on pollen as hay fever epidemic grips the nation
Calls for PM Fumio Kishida to eliminate ‘national disease’ as pollen from cedar and cypress trees makes life miserable for 40% of population
March 2023
America's dirty divide
Sneezing in March? Why allergies feel worse than ever, and what you can do
How to have a healthy gut
No, you don’t have to poo every day: eight things nutrition experts want you to know
How to have a healthy gut
What are the real signs of a healthy gut? A user’s guide
Give peanut foods to babies from four months to cut allergy risk, experts say
US allergy season starting earlier due to global temperature rising, scientists say
Leading UK food businesses call for clearer rules on food labelling
February 2023
Brief letters
NatWest profits as customers lose out
Letters: Bank closures | Johnson’s manor | Oat cuisine | Cursing children | First hayfever of spring
January 2023
Pollution may make birch pollen more irritating to hay fever sufferers – study
Pollen from trees growing in heavily polluted urban areas has higher levels of Bet v1 allergen, experts find
Imagine your child needs specialist food to survive – now imagine you can no longer afford it
Lucy Pasha-Robinson
‘Free-from’ foods shouldn’t be a luxury for children with severe allergies, says writer and commissioning editor Lucy Pasha-Robinson
Boiled peanuts could help children overcome nut allergies, Australian researchers find
In a clinical trial, 80% of children became able to eat legume without allergic reaction after being given increasing doses of boiled and roasted peanuts
December 2022
Coroner calls for UK anaphylaxis register after Pret a Manger deaths
Families of customers who died after eating food containing allergens welcome report urging reforms
October 2022
The Audio Long Read
Allergic to the world: can medicine help people with severe intolerance to chemicals? – podcast
Whether it’s organic or psychosomatic or something in between, multiple chemical sensitivity can cause chronic illness, and its sufferers often feel abandoned. By Xi Chen
September 2022
My sister would still be alive if the food industry took allergy labels seriously enough
Gareth Gower
Multiple chemical sensitivity is real – people who have it aren’t making it up
Melbourne’s apocalyptic spring is back: wake up and smell the pollen
Anna Spargo-Ryan
Families need help with inquests, say relatives of woman who died of dairy allergy
