New study finds food allergy associated with lower risk of COVID-19 infection


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LOS ANGELES, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A new study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health has found that people with food allergies are less likely to become infected with COVID-19 than people without them. The new study, published Wednesday in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, has also identified obesity and high body mass index (BMI) as associated with increased risk for COVID-19 infection. In addition, the study found that children ages 12 years or younger are just as likely to become infected with the virus as teenagers and adults, but 75 percent of infections in children...