Students who took exams on days with pollen in the air scored slightly lower, according to a study linking allergies to test performance.

Pollen exposure is linked to poorer exam results taken at the end of secondary (high) school (matriculation), with the effects especially noticeable in subjects involving math, including physics and ...

Researchers in Finland have found "robust evidence" of a link between pollen and worse academic performance. Pollen season can wreak havoc on all sorts of occasions. Research out today shows that it ...

The most common food allergy exams are a skin prick test to look for a skin reaction to certain foods or a blood test to look for certain antibodies associated with allergies. But neither test is more ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD As spring pollen fills the air, it may be doing more than triggering sneezes. New research suggests it could also be quietly lowering students’ performance in high-stakes exams ...