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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

allergies

Children eating peanut-flavored snack Bamba (Courtesy Osem)
August 28, 2023, 1:11 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 28: A restructure for media outlets; Bamba back in school?
Political correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on a proposal by the communication minister and health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on allergens in school and anti-smoking steps
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: First grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school, at the Tali Geulim school in Jerusalem on September 1, 2020. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 27, 2023, 4:02 am
Allergy doctors say it’s time to bring back Bamba as new school year set to start
Israel Medical Association group cites research saying that kids with food allergies do not suffer serious reactions if others bring allergenic foods to class
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An illustrative image of an anaphylaxis auto injector for allergy reactions (CarrieCaptured; iStock by Getty Images)
July 19, 2022, 10:46 am
Israeli backpacker, 22, dies from allergic reaction in Colombia
Traveler reportedly told eatery of allergy to dairy and was reassured the food was safe; friend flagged down passing car to rush him to hospital, but he died days later
By ToI Staff
Hadar Walz, who suffers from allergies, being vaccinated at Sheba Medical Center. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
August 31, 2021, 6:17 pm
Israeli study: Pfizer shot safe for highly allergic patients, with supervision
Of 429 people with serious allergies, only 9 had a reaction to the COVID shot, and all of them recovered quickly and experienced no further issues
By Nathan Jeffay
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah gives an address on official party al-Manar TV on June 8, 2021. (Screenshot: Al-Manar)
June 8, 2021, 9:01 pm
‘Sorry to disappoint’: Nasrallah rejects COVID rumors, says he is in good health
Hezbollah chief says he hopes to pray at Al-Aqsa with supporters, warns ‘crisis-ridden’ Israel could ‘commit a foolish act’
By Emanuel Fabian
Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah coughs during a May 25, 2021, address (Twitter screenshot)
June 1, 2021, 11:32 am
Lebanese report claims Nasrallah sick with pneumonia and allergies, not COVID
Sources close to Hezbollah chief say he is under medical supervision but does not need hospital treatment
By Emanuel Fabian
Israelis wearing face masks walk in downtown Jerusalem on January 21, 2021, during the third national coronavirus lockdown. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 19, 2021, 10:29 am
Israeli hospital reports 65% drop in serious asthma cases due to mask-wearing
Sheba Medical Center credits widespread use of face coverings outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic — a health mandate that was dropped Sunday
By ToI Staff
Osher Deri (Courtesy)
April 15, 2021, 11:27 am
23-year-old dies from allergic reaction to whipped cream at meat restaurant
Worker allegedly thought he’d purchased non-dairy dessert for kosher eatery in Rosh Pina; police shut it down, detain 5 employees on suspicion of negligent homicide
By ToI Staff
An Israeli medical worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on December 20, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 21, 2021, 5:31 pm
2nd vaccine dose causes 37% of health workers side effects, mostly a sore arm
Ichilov Hospital says most common symptom is light pain, with very few people taken to ER; Israeli allergists say vaccine poses ‘no heightened risks’ to those with allergies
By ToI Staff
Margaret Keenan (C) is applauded by staff as she returns to her ward after becoming the first person in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at University Hospital in Coventry, England, on December 8, 2020. (Jacob King/Pool/AFP)
December 14, 2020, 7:16 pm
Risks vs. benefits: What we know about COVID-19 vaccines and their side effects
While fatigue, headaches and muscle pain can be expected, clinical trials have shown that more serious reactions to inoculations are few and far between
By Paul RICARD
Care home worker Pillay Jagambrun (L), 61, reacts as he receives a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Croydon University Hospital in south London on December 8, 2020. (Dan CHARITY / POOL / AFP)
December 10, 2020, 8:26 am
US will likely recommend that people with severe allergies avoid Pfizer vaccine
FDA expected to approve COVID-19 shot by early next week; providers will be asked to watch out for Bell’s palsy in recipients, after 4 of 19,000 develop condition during trial
By AFP
An illustrative image of an anaphylaxis auto injector for allergy reactions (CarrieCaptured; iStock by Getty Images)
March 26, 2018, 6:20 pm
In urgent need of an EpiPen? App may find you one, stat
Israeli researchers and Magen David Adom create community of allergy sufferers who can help each other out in a pinch, using proximity-based algorithms
By Shoshanna Solomon
Chanie Apfelbaum with her son Peretz (Courtesy of Apfelbaum)
July 16, 2017, 2:15 am
This kippah could save the lives of kids with allergies
‘Allergy alert’ skullcap, designed by concerned NY Jewish mother, details information on child’s allergies on underside
By Gabe Friedman
The Israeli Bamba peanut puff snack (CC BY Nsaum75/Wikimedia Commons)
January 5, 2017, 9:12 pm
Giving peanut-based foods to babies early prevents allergies
New guidelines: Kids should start eating foods with peanuts around 6 months to prevent allergies, like Israelis do
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
September 11, 2016, 3:46 pm
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Can’t he just eat something else?
Sometimes, the best thing you can do is help kids protect a classmate from food allergies he never asked for
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