Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penicillin is a substance produced by penicillium mold. About 80% of people with a penicillin allergy will lose the allergy after ...

A new study shows the benefits of removing penicillin allergy labels for kids. Some were warned by a parent before every health care encounter. Some heard it from a doctor. Others remember an ...

The likelihood for penicillin allergy delabeling was significantly reduced among Black and Asian patients vs. white patients, ...

At least one in 10 Americans is allergic to penicillin — or so they think. Specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital and around the country are calling for more testing of whether patients are ...

We recently marked "National Penicillin Allergy Day" on September 28. If you're asking "Why is that a thing?", the answer is that approximately 30 million Americans report an allergy to penicillin or ...

In 2004, Eric Lax wrote a well-regarded book about the development of penicillin, the world’s first so-called miracle drug. Titled “The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat,” it made a complicated scientific ...

For years, whenever a healthcare provider asked whether you were allergic to any medications, you might have dutifully noted yes, penicillin, which happens to be the most common drug allergy of all.

Study finds people mistakenly think they're allergic. — -- Afraid penicillin will give you hives? New research says such fears might be unfounded. Two new studies have found some people are ...

A direct oral penicillin challenge sufficed to remove an incorrect penicillin allergy label on people considered to have a low-risk history, the international PALACE trial found. Just 0.5% of people ...