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NY County’s Food Allergy Restaurant Law Proves Grassroots Power
A Long Island county has unanimously passed one of the most progressive food allergy restaurant laws in the United States.… Read more »
Risk Taking and Allergic Teens – What I’ve Learned
From the ‘may contain’ ice cream bar incident, here’s what I learned about budding food allergy embarrassment.
Editor’s Remarks to FDA Committee on Peanut Allergy Drug
Allergic Living’s Gwen Smith presented the following statement on Sept. 13, 2019 to the FDA’s Allergenic Products Advisory Committee, which was… Read more »
Do Friends Really ‘Get’ Your Food Allergies?
My role as food allergy advocate has been greatly inspired by the late Sabrina Shannon, a food allergy advocate herself,… Read more »
Study Uncovers T Cell That Drives Anaphylaxis in Food Allergy
From YaleNews – For millions of Americans, contact with certain foods can cause anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction. A new… 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 »
Symjepi Epinephrine Syringe Rolls Out, as Mylan Shortage Persists
Americans with food and sting allergies can now find an alternative to epinephrine auto-injectors in pharmacies across the United States.… Read more »
Australian Girl’s Reaction Raises Issue of Food Allergy Risks at Dentist’s Office
In Australia, a report has surfaced of a 12-year-old girl, who has a milk allergy and other food allergies, suffering… Read more »
Center Settles; Agrees Kids with Food Allergies Can Attend Its Summer Camp
The Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a settlement on June 7, 2019 with a sports center that had refused to… Read more »