Epinephrine auto-injectors are essential, lifesaving medications for people with allergies to food, medication or insect stings at risk of anaphylaxis.… Read more »
Tag: anaphylactic reaction
Swift Sesame Labeling Needed to Halt Sesame Allergy Reactions
Food manufacturers have until January 2023 to comply with a new law requiring them to list “sesame” on packaged food… Read more »
CDC on COVID-19 Vaccines: More Reactions, But Incidence Still Rare
Updated Jan. 7: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave an update during a Jan. 6 press briefing… Read more »
Boy Scout Rescued in Wilderness After Severe Food Allergy Reaction
It sounds like every food allergy parent’s fear: a Boy Scout trek into the wilderness goes very wrong when one… Read more »
Food Allergies Have Been in My Family for 4 Generations
Food allergies started with my grandmother’s shrimp allergy – and have now been passed down through four generations. Anyone who… Read more »
Symjepi Epinephrine Syringe Launched in U.S. Clinics
Symjepi, the pre-filled 0.3 mg-dose syringe alternative to epinephrine auto-injectors, is now available in clinical settings across the United States.… Read more »
Inquest Called into Second Allergy Death Linked to Pret a Manger Chain
The family of Celia Marsh, the second U.K. resident to die of anaphylaxis after eating food from sandwich chain Pret… Read more »
Opinion: Anaphylaxis in the Air – What We Learned from Natasha’s Allergy Tragedy
Many in the food allergy community have been following the British inquest into the anaphylaxis death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse. In… Read more »
Chain Knew of 21 Reactions to Its Food in Year Before Teen’s Fatal In-Flight Reaction
Read about the findings of the inquest here. Nine months before Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, purchased the sandwich that would lead… Read more »
Georgia Girl, 12, Died of Severe Peanut-Allergic Reaction, Despite Efforts to Save Her
Amanda Huynh was on her way home on the school bus when she suffered an anaphylactic reaction on March 6, 2018.… Read more »