My son Thomas has carried around a needle since he entered kindergarten at the age of 5. That was a big responsibility for a small child to carry an injector loaded with lifesaving epinephrine, but ...

It's the worst nightmare for anyone with a life-threatening food allergy. On Jan. 11, Órla Baxendale, 25, a Manchester, England, native living in New York, ate a vanilla Florentine cookie at a social ...

Anaphylaxis is a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can affect several organ systems in the body and may threaten breathing and blood circulation. The most common causes of ...

For the millions of Americans who have a food allergy, doctors recommend they always carry an epinephrine auto-injector, such as an EpiPen, in case they have a severe allergic reaction. But a recently ...

The SemPresto autoinjector epinephrine device attaches to smartphones with magnetic technology and could be used for allergic ...

Daisy-Daisy / Getty Images A potentially ground-breaking nose-spray version of the drug epinephrine will soon hit the market — an alternative to auto-injectors like EpiPen for people having serious ...