Many allergists never thought they would see a viable treatment for food allergy. Yet with oral immunotherapy (OIT) and the new “peanut pill,” food allergies can be treated and made less life threatening. Palforzia (Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., Brisbane, CA) is the first ever FDA-approved treatment of its kind, and this breakthrough could change the lives […]
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What You Need to Know About the Novel Coronavirus
It’s always scary when there is a new virus making its rounds, especially when that virus seems to spread as quickly as the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV2. The disease caused by this virus is termed “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”). As of March 12, 2020, there are 35cases in the state of Florida, although this number […]
