Introducing food allergens early is the best way to prevent food allergies from developing. Even in a pandemic, the benefits outweigh the very small risk of a severe reaction requiring emergency care.
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Melbourne’s recent thunderstorm asthma event caught services by surprise. So, is it time for a national health protection agency to coordinate our public health response?
The way our body’s immune system responds to allergens is very similar to the way it responds to parasitic worm infections – and some scientists have a theory for why.
Allergies are reactions caused by the immune system as it responds to environmental substances that are usually harmless. But we don’t yet have a cure or the ability to prevent them from developing.
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Professor of Respiratory Medicine, South Western Sydney Clinical School, UNSW
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Post Doctoral researcher - Experimental and Translational Respiratory Medicine Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Professor&Chair of Paediatrics | HMRI, University of Newcastle, Australia | Senior Staff Specialist Paediatric Respiratory&Sleep Medicine | John Hunter Children's Hospital, Australia, University of Newcastle
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Senior Staff Specialist in Paediatric Allergy and Immunology at John Hunter Children's Hospital Newcastle NSW Conjoint Lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Newcastle
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Staff Specialist General Paediatrician at John Hunter Children's Hospital, Newcastle, Australia. Conjoint Lecturer & PhD student, University of Newcastle
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Honorary Staff, UCL
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Pediatric Allergist; Head & Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine; Investigator, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia
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Registered dietitian and Research Associate, McMaster University
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Asssistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Manitoba, Johns Hopkins University
