Recent headlines have warned of a “systemic and escalating” risk in childcare allergy management, claiming that regulations are failing children by requiring only one staff member per centre to be trained in anaphylaxis response. While the concern for child safety is valid, this framing overlooks a critical fact: Diploma-qualified educators are already required to hold current First Aid, CPR, Asthma, and Anaphylaxis training—and at least 50% of staff in every service must hold a Diploma.

Researchers in Melbourne have identified a novel medication that can put some children's peanut allergies to rest.

A food allergy is a hypersensitive reaction to a normally harmless substance in food and is quite common in babies and children. Some children are more likely to have an allergic reaction triggered by a particular food. Those most at risk are babies and children from families with a history of allergies. By the time a child is 2 years old they would have more than likely grown out of their allergy. However other children will have a food allergy throughout their life.