allergies

Often when Missourians receive an alpha-gal syndrome diagnosis, they don’t know where to start – beyond simply not eating red meat. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith reports on some in southern Missouri who are trying to help people adapt to their new diets.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 450,000 people in the US have alpha-gal syndrome - a tickborne allergy to red meat — while many others have never heard of the condition at all.

As the climate changes, the top allergen producers shift from oak trees to grass to ragweed.

A local pharmacist offers tips for dealing with seasonal allergies.

Missouri is in full bloom and so is allergy season. An allergy specialist with MU Health Care gave some helpful tips and tricks to beat the pollen this season.

Swedish kids growing up in families that wash their dishes by hand are less likely to develop certain allergies than those in families with dishwashers, a study suggests. But there may be more to it.

This week, we’ll see if there’s a connection between genetically modified food and allergies.Eighteen years ago, genetically modified crops were…