New free app helps parents introduce allergy foods with more confidence

A free online Food Follower App helps parents introduce common allergy-causing foods early and keep them in babies’ diets regularly....

28 June, 2026

Can Your Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Diet Affect Your Child’s Food Allergies?

Researchers Jennifer Koplin, Debbie Palmer and Desalegn Markos Shifti look at the current advice for mothers. Many questions pop up when you’re growing or raising a new baby. Among them, women often wonder if what they eat during pregnancy or breastfeeding will affect whether or not their...

19 November, 2025

Travelling with Food Allergies? New Hub Helps Families Plan Safe Holidays

With school holidays approaching fast, here is a timely new website for those who have to navigate a holiday if your child has life-threatening food allergies.  Plan well, eat smart and travel safe with Australia’s first Food Allergy Travel Hub For many families living with food allergies,...

05 June, 2025

Early hay fever season prompts urgent doctor health warning 

Doctors are warning Australians not to ignore hay fever symptoms as the allergy season arrives this year. Bupa Clinical Director Dr Tony MacDermott said the caution was most important for asthmatics, as most people with asthma were also susceptible to hay fever. Hay fever affects about 1...

19 September, 2024

Unplanned Reactions: allergy or intolerance in babies?

If a baby is unsettled and a poor sleeper, an allergy or intolerance to something in mum’s diet and passed on through breast milk could be the underlying cause, writes Joy Anderson. Your baby is awake and crying again for another breastfeed! Even if carried all...

11 July, 2024

Why Are More Children Being Readmitted to Hospitals for Asthma?

When a child gets admitted to hospital for their asthma, write Dr Katherine Chen and Professor Harriet Hiscock, it is an opportunity to make a plan for staying out of hospital too. Asthma is the most common chronic illness in Australian children, affecting one in...

14 June, 2024

Discovery made into which children will outgrow their peanut allergy

Australian researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) have found a way to predict which children are likely to outgrow their peanut allergy based on changes in antibody levels over time. The study revealed that two-thirds of children with a peanut allergy remain allergic by...

16 May, 2024

Navigating the pollen season when your family has asthma or allergies

  by the National Asthma Council Australia’s Sensitive Choice Program Can you feel something in the air? Pollen season (usually October to December) poses an extra challenge for families with asthma, allergies or hay fever. Pollen is one of the most common environmental triggers in Australia, during...

16 November, 2023

Food allergies in Infancy shown to be linked to childhood asthma and lung issues

A groundbreaking research conducted by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute has revealed that babies with food allergies are more likely to develop asthma and experience reduced lung function as they grow older. This study, published in the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, highlights the importance...

17 August, 2023

Allergy Agony

There was no sleep in Mercedez Hinchcliff’s house until, finally, an answer to her baby’s pain was discovered. “Is there any food your son is allergic to?” I am routinely asked any time I sign up my toddler for a new activity. This seems like a...

27 April, 2023