Allergies

This week “In The News,” our scientists and their groundbreaking research appear in Newsweek, Cell Reports, and Molecular Therapy.

Findings from new study support more active screening of allergic children for eosinophilic esophagitis symptoms.

Most of us know that unlucky kid - and some of us were that unlucky kid - who was stuck with more allergies than the rest of the class, from peanuts and eggs to asthma and hay fever.

Welcome to another weekly roundup of research news from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia! This week's highlights are an alliterative array to close out the month of August, with a study linking asthma with other allergies and news on progress against arthritis in kids. Plus, an immunology discovery could lead to treatments for inflammatory disorders.

Some children who outgrow one type of food allergy may then develop another type of allergy, more severe and more persistent, to the same food.