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Are peanut allergies actually declining?

Are peanut allergies actually declining?

Introducing potentially allergic foods early on may actually help reduce the risk of developing a life-changing allergy.

20.11.2025 5

The Conversation

Sheena Cruickshank

The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea

Until now, COVID vaccines have been available to pregnant women as part of the twice-yearly booster programme, but this offer is being withdrawn....

20.11.2024 3

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Sheena Cruickshank

What’s behind the large rise in food allergies among children in the UK?

The number of people in England with food allergies has more than doubled between 2008 and 2018, a new study reveals. The researchers, from...

30.08.2024 2

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Sheena Cruickshank

COVID: why the UK’s autumn vaccine strategy could fail patients

This summer has seen a large COVID wave – one which is showing potential to be bigger than the 2023 winter wave was. The current wave has largely...

16.08.2024 1

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Sheena Cruickshank