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‘De-label’ hope for people who mistakenly believe they have penicillin allergy

People who mistakenly think they are allergic to penicillin could be “de-labelled” – without undergoing expensive allergy tests – by being safely offered a dose of the antibiotic to check for any adverse reactions, research suggests. A small trial ...

19 Mar 2024 at 13:15

Strep A – five times more penicillin prescribed compared with three weeks ago

Five times more prescriptions for penicillin are being dished out compared with three weeks ago amid the strep A outbreak, experts have said. They stressed that there are “plenty” of antibiotics in the country but said some forms of antibiotics ...

14 Dec 2022 at 21:52

D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ to Britain, archives reveal

The D-Day landings were boosted by the import from America of a “wonder drug”, unearthed documents reveal. Production of the antibiotic penicillin had struggled to take hold at a large scale in Britain, despite being discovered in 1928 in ...

06 Jun 2025 at 13:30

Patients with penicillin allergy may benefit from further tests, study suggests

The majority of patients recorded as having a penicillin allergy may not be truly allergic to the antibiotic, a first-of-its-kind trial suggests. Those with the marker on their medical records could benefit from tests to confirm or rule ...

14 Jul 2025 at 23:30

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