First food allergy drug approved after Johns Hopkins researchers prove efficacy

Laura Pleasants doesn’t leave her house without at least six EpiPens — autoinjectors about the size and shape of a whiteboard marker that contain medication that can calm a body’s allergic reaction. She carries two in her laptop bag and another two in her purse. She’s taught all of her friends how to use one in case she’s experiencing a reaction so severe that she can’t do it herself. Despite ...

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