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

A new study has found that hay fever – an allergy to pollen – might make it more difficult for students to do their best in exams.

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 ...

Background Little is known about the association between direct pollen exposure and cognitive performance. The aim of our ...

Researchers say steps have to be taken to improve things for school pupils ...

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 ...