Does it seem as though your allergies are worse this year, with more sneezing, watery eyes and difficulty breathing than usual? You’re not imagining things — pollen has choked most of the U.S. in an unusually intense spring allergy season this year, which is a miserable reality for the nearly one in three adults and one in four children in the U.S. living with at least one allergy.
In some parts of the U.S. — the tree-lined city of Atlanta, for example — the amount of tree pollen in the air hit record levels.
Atlanta has broken its pollen count record, with 14,801 grains per cubic meter spewing from pine, oak, and birch trees. Houston also reported its highest pollen counts since 2013, when records began.
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), 2025 will be a brutal year for seasonal allergies across the country with southern cities being hit the hardest.
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