Media

Below are Dr. Iweala’s popular media appearances and mentions.  Feel free to click the links and read up on any of the articles!

 “American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, Feb 25 to 28.” (Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Well-tolerated in Patients with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome).  HealthDay: News for Healthier Living. March 7, 2022. https://consumer.healthday.com/american-academy-of-allergy-asthma-immunology-feb-25-to-28-2656856143.html

 “Patients with mast cell activation syndrome tolerate COVID-19 vaccines.” Healio. February 28, 2022. https://www.healio.com/news/allergy-asthma/20220228/patients-with-mast-cell-activation-syndrome-tolerate-covid19-vaccines

 “Mast Cell Disorder Patients Tolerating COVID-19 Vaccine.”  Allergic Living. February 3, 2022. https://www.allergicliving.com/2022/02/03/mast-cell-disorder-patients-tolerating-covid-19-vaccine/

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. (2022, February 1). COVID-19 Vaccination Well-tolerated in Patients with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome [Press Release]. https://www.aaaai.org/About/News/News

“Synthetic Biology Partners with AI to Delete Food Allergies.” Forbes Magazine. January 28, 2021. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johncumbers/2021/01/27/synthetic-biology-partners-with-ai-to-delete-food-allergies/?sh=7c198f2c6a09

“Taking a Bite Out of Meat Allergies.” Endeavors: Stories Powered by UNC Research. August 14, 2020. https://endeavors.unc.edu/taking-a-bite-out-of-meat-allergies/

“Understanding and Treating a Food Allergy Epidemic.” Finding Genius Podcast: Health, Bioscience, and Medicine Edition. March 06, 2020. https://www.findinggeniuspodcast.com/podcasts/understanding-and-treating-a-food-allergy-epidemic-dr-onyinye-iweala-university-of-north-carolina-school-of-medicine-division-of-rheumatology-allergy-immunology/

“Sesame Allergies Are Likely More Widespread Than Previously Thought: The Salt.” National Public Radio (NPR). August 2, 2019. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/02/747545877/sesame-allergies-are-likely-more-widespread-than-previously-thought

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“Ticked Off. Health Flash: Lyme Disease Isn’t the Only Threat from the Tiny Bugs.” Women’s Health Magazine. June 2019. p77-78.

“What Restaurants, and the Rest of Us, Get Wrong About Food Allergies.” WGBH PBS NOVA. April 24, 2019. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/restaurant-food-allergy-misconceptions

“Peanut Allergies are on the Rise. This Chemical Compound Could Prevent Life-Threatening Reactions.” WGBH PBS NOVA. April 8, 2019. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/peanut-allergies-new-treatment-antibody

“Cases of Tick-Borne Meat Allergy May Be on the Rise.” Voice of America. July 31, 2018. https://www.voanews.com/a/identified-cases-of-tick-borne-meat-allergy-may-be-on-the-rise/4507560.html

“What the Mystery of Tick-Borne Meat Allergy Could Reveal.” The New York Times Magazine. July 24, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/magazine/what-the-mystery-of-the-tick-borne-meat-allergy-could-reveal.html