Millions of people believe they can’t take the life-saving drug, but most can. An award-winning program is helping UVA ...

BOSTON – Patients with a penicillin allergy may be delabeled based on methods that don't require specialist intervention or other more resource-intensive testing, a researcher reported. In a ...

Imagine this: You’re at your doctor’s office with a sore throat. The nurse asks, “Any allergies?” And without hesitation, you reply, “Penicillin.” It’s something you’ve said for years – maybe since ...

Penicillin was the world's first antibiotic, a type of medication that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. After Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in a petri dish containing ...

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 ...

When Maria Duggan developed a breast infection, she faced a choice no new mother would want to make: take an antibiotic that she’d been told could cause a severe allergic reaction, or one that would ...

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 ...

Nineteen out of 20 people who have been told they are allergic to penicillin are not truly allergic to the drug. By Roni Caryn Rabin Millions of Americans who believe they are allergic to penicillin ...

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.

Researchers who scrambled to fight infections during World War II discovered more than the power of penicillin. They also learned important lessons about human enterprise that can guide team efforts ...

But here’s the kicker: There’s a good chance you’re not actually allergic to penicillin. About 10% to 20% of Americans report that they have a penicillin allergy, yet fewer than 1% actually do. I’m a ...