Allergy & Asthma Center, PC - Michael B. Sherman, MD

12/23/2025

The holiday season brings joy, celebration, and time with loved ones. But for people with asthma or allergies, it can also mean increased exposure to triggers

What you need to know the risk of asthma and allergies during the winter holidays. Learn tips, tricks, and strategies to keep everyone healthy.

12/12/2025

It’s not too late to get your flu shot!

Vaccination rates and a new flu strain have experts in New Jersey worried this season.

11/20/2025

The virus circulating this year is more virulent and has been spreading faster and earlier than usual.

09/18/2025

Some people suffer from seasonal allergies much of the year. But whether your symptoms are limited to one season or stretch over several, the most important thing in terms of reducing symptoms is identifying, managing and treating your allergies.

Some people suffer from seasonal allergies much of the year – with perhaps a break in the winter if they live in a cold climate.

05/09/2025

Try the following tips to manage your allergies this spring:
• Check pollen counts
• Stay inside in the morning and early afternoon, when
pollen tends to be most prevalent.
• Limit time outdoors especially in windy conditions
• Wear a respiratory mask and sunglasses to help
protect your airways and eyes from exposure.

05/06/2025

05/01/2025

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03/04/2025

Research conducted over the past decade revealed that measles destroys immune cells. Even people who recover from the virus lose much of their immune memory, and therefore the protection they had acquired from prior infections or vaccines to all the other childhood illnesses.

Kennedy may not be worried, but everyone else should be.

12/26/2024

Cold weather is a common asthma trigger. Wintertime can be a potentially dangerous time of year for many people with asthma.

Cold weather is a common asthma trigger and it can lead to an asthma attack. Learn how to manage your asthma in cold conditions.

12/21/2024

Thankfully, there are ways to minimize the risk that your Christmas tree will turn you into a sneezing, sniffling Scrooge.

Itchy eyes, wheezing, sniffles, sneezing: Here’s how to keep “Christmas tree syndrome” symptoms at bay.

10/08/2024

If you are one of the 10 to 20% of Americans with a ragweed allergy, fall may be more about a stuffy nose, itchy eyes, and sneezing than autumn leaves and Halloween fun. Mold is another allergy that may be worse in the fall. Unlike pollens, mold does not go away with the first frost and may collect in fallen leaves. If you have a mold allergy, you are also more likely to be allergic to year-round, indoor allergens like dust and animal dander.

Here are 8 tips to fight fall allergies.

09/28/2024

Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin?