Almost exactly 200 years ago, a London-based doctor called John Bostock noticed he would get an itchy throat, sore watering eyes, and an irritated nose during warmer months. He found 28 other patients ...

With the grass and weed pollen hitting their peak in the summer months, our watery eyes and sniffling noses turn to remedies. Fortunately, there are multiple safe and effective medicines, as well as ...

Hay fever occurs when the immune system mistakes pollen as a threat and releases histamines and other chemicals to ward them off - Liam Tooher It’s that time again. You may still be sporting a scarf ...

Hay fever, also known as allergic rhinitis, is the condition responsible for seasonal allergies or allergic reactions to other environmental allergens, like dust mites and animal dander. Estimates ...

Tree pollen levels are expected to be higher in 2025 than they were last year, largely due to the unusually warm temperatures experienced over the previous summer, according to official forecasts from ...

Ryan Mead-Hunter receives funding from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA) and the NHMRC. He is part of the Perth Pollen team. When we think of spring we think of warming weather ...

For many people, the arrival of spring heralds hefty doses of antihistamines, nasal sprays and eye drops to relieve hay fever symptoms. Allergic reactions to pollen typically include a runny nose, ...

About 40% of individuals with hay fever use eyewash, a survey found. Severe ocular symptoms and younger age are associated with higher rates of eyewash use. Researchers analyzed data from 11,284 ...

As climate change worsens, so too do allergy symptoms. Editor at Large Climate change is bad news for a lot of reasons—the droughts, the floods, the heat, the hurricanes. And then, too, there’s all ...

People who get a runny nose during allergy season may have different fungi living in their noses than those who do not. According to a new study in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, people who ...