If you have a life-threatening egg allergy - and react to even minute traces - the swine flu vaccine may not be for you. Dr David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief medical officer, says that if you have egg allergies, get vaccinated under the supervision of your allergist. In some cases, allergists ...

Are you one of those folks with a life-threatening egg allergy? If so, many experts are recommending you avoid the H1N1 or swine flu vaccine. However, that leaves folks feeling very vulnerable - especially as flu season begins and reports of swine flu surface. How do we keep ourselves healthy in ...

Most of us have been inundated with information on hand-washing hygiene as we prepare for the arrival of swine flu or H1N1. We're told that this practice will help us avoid catching it. The entrances of malls and major retailers now have hand sanitizer available for people to use; Walmart ...

Clinical trials with adults and the new swine flu vaccine have been underway for two weeks. These trials are reporting no serious side effects from these first injections, according to US Federal Health officials. Dr Anthony S Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was quoted as ...

It's important to keep up on your recall information if you are allergic. It seems that it's a weekly phenomena to hear about the latest labelling error or undeclared accidental allergen in some packaged product. The latest recall to affect people with peanut allergy comes from Lawrence's Delights out of ...