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Split doses of COVID-19 vaccines were able to provide antibody responsiveness among patients with allergic reactions to previous doses, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

After patients experience potential allergic reactions to a medicine, they can suffer several long-term adverse consequences that people do not often think about.

The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology has released guidelines for clinicians in the U.K. who are not trained in allergy or immunology to evaluate and test patients with an unsubstantiated label of penicillin allergy.

Patients who have an adverse event immediately after COVID-19 vaccination can be revaccinated if they are selected carefully and challenged in a supervised environment, according to a letter published in Allergy.

Fever, angioedema, joint involvement and gastrointestinal symptoms were among the factors that predicted ED and urgent care reutilization among children with amoxicillin-associated reactions, according to study results.

Patients with an allergic inflammatory skin reaction to subcutaneous heparin generally tolerated IV administration of the medication, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Children with immediate allergic reactions to their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine safely received the second dose, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

A clinical “hub-and-spoke” model expanded allergy assessments and increased the number of safe COVID-19 vaccinations in Hong Kong, according to a study presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Hybrid Congress.

Antibiotic allergies frequently were incompletely and inconsistently documented in a tertiary pediatric hospital setting, according to a study presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Hybrid Congress.

Two children with severe cow’s milk allergy developed anaphylactic reactions after receiving doses of a measles, mumps and rubella — or MMR — vaccine that included the alpha-lactoglobulin component of milk, researchers reported.