Food allergy and anaphylaxis is increasing in Australian children, with up to 1 in 20 school aged children having food allergies [1]. Anaphylaxis is the most severe form of allergic reaction, and the incidence of food-induced anaphylaxis in Australia has risen rapidly over the last decade [2]. New guidelines and resources from the National Allergy Strategy aim to equip...

World Allergy Week (13-19 June, 2021) seeks to raise awareness of anaphylaxis, potentially life-threatening allergic reactions that cause approximately 2,400 hospital admissions and approximately 20 deaths in Australia each year. Over 4 million Australians live with allergic disease, and that number is on the rise. During this week, leading allergy organisations are...

Australia has one of the highest incidences of food allergy in the developed world with around one in 10 infants [1], one in 20 children (aged 10-14 years) [2] and one in 50 adults affected [3]. The most recent data shows that food-induced anaphylaxis doubled between 1999 and 2012 [4]. Fatalities from food-induced anaphylaxis increase by around 10% each year between...

30 July 2019:  Food allergy rates in Australia are rising, with around one in 20 children (aged 10-14 years) [i] and 2-4 per cent of adults [ii] affected Food-induced anaphylaxis has doubled in the last 10 years, and fatalities from food-induced anaphylaxis increase by 7 per cent [iii] each year A free, potentially life-saving online food allergy training...