Pollen News

If you've been sneezing or coughing lately, you might be suffering from allergies.

Rochester area allergy sufferers have been sneezing, rubbing their eyes and blowing their noses for some time now.

Does it seem a lot of people around you have suddenly come down with a sore throat or cough? The likely culprit is trees - tree pollen, to be specific.

Ah spring- what a fine day! Birds chirping, flowers blooming, sun shining and the cool breeze makes me wana go for a run outside! Lets do it! And after a while - Aaaaanchooo You can't stop sneezing! The culprit- pollens! Sounds familiar huh? You are not alone! About 35 million Americans suffer from it.

Last year, the warm and incredibly early spring triggered a quick start to the allergy season.

Emily Jacobs, 5, is treated by Dr. Martin Hurwitz, a pediatric pulmonary and allergy specialist, for her allergies.

Spring in Manhattan and many new blasts of high pressures and pollen on so many fresh fronts... too many varieties to count... But, on the work and home fronts both... Day at a time.

Today's rain might help sufferers a little bit, but pollen season is upon us with all the usual itching and sneezing that brings to allergy sufferers.

Tree pollens could be making some people feel like their seasonal allergies are worse than usual, but there are ways to counter it, doctors say.

Five-year-old Mya Kennedy, of Medina, blows dandelion "puff balls" to the winds Wednesday at the playground of St.

Allergy sufferers may want to celebrate. Showers will act to wash the pollens out of the air and off the trees by tomorrow.

Food allergy is an immune system response in which the body mounts an attack on food proteins it mistakes for being harmful.

A low pressure system will move over us today and Thursday. This will bring in our first rounds of showers.

Dr Alex Croom, a consultant allergist at Leicester's hospitals, said the cold weather before Easter delayed the start of the tree pollen season which means it is likely to overlap with that of grass pollen.

A low pressure system will move over us Wednesday and Thursday. This will bring in our first rounds of showers.

Fans of Northeast Ohio in the spring may be feeling a bit spoiled this year. Warm, blue-sky days, beautiful blooms bursting all around -- it's enough to make you feel downright sunny.

Larry Syzdek, an aerobiologist who counts pollen for a national database, uses a scientific vacuum called a Burkard at his pollen station at his farm on Friday, May 3, 2013 in Clifton Park, N.Y. The air sampler which was made in England collects dry particles such as dust, pollen and fibers from the air and are trapped onto a sticky surface for ... (more)

Oscar Quine is a freelance journalist with an interest in politics and popular culture.

Allergies are the worst. A stuffy nose, itchy eyes, coughing, and other allergy symptoms can make life a misery.

Hay fever sufferers know what time of year it is: it's that time of year again. Pollen counts are rising, and with them the watery eyes, nasal irritation, cough and other signs of allergy.