A Quebec teen has lost her life to a severe food-allergic reaction, and her grieving parents are not even certain… Read more »
Food Allergy News
Why Your Plane’s Medical Kit May Lack Drugs Like Epinephrine
As passengers, we trust that airlines have essential medications and tools in their medical kits, in case of a health… Read more »
Is Needle-Free Epinephrine Coming Soon?
Epinephrine auto-injectors are essential, lifesaving medications for people with allergies to food, medication or insect stings at risk of anaphylaxis.… Read more »
MD Ignites Debate: Why No Auto-Injectors, Other Drugs in Plane Medical Kits?
Dr. Andrea Merrill’s tweet caught my eye on June 12, and I certainly wasn’t alone. The surgeon posted about an… Read more »
Allergy Families Wait Anxiously, as Formula Fly-In Operation Begins
Efforts to combat the nationwide formula shortage have taken flight, signaling hope for families who are increasingly desperate to find… Read more »
Hard Lessons on Why the Death Nut Challenge Doesn’t Belong at School
As Andrea Sanchez Aguirre’s sixth-grade students began streaming into her classroom late morning on May 13, several began doubling over… Read more »
Rare Anaphylactic Reactions to COVID-19 Shots Aren’t Caused by Allergies: NIH
Adults with serious allergies or a mast cell disorder are no more likely to experience anaphylaxis after an mRNA COVID-19… Read more »
Peanut-Allergic Teen Dies of Severe Reaction that Began at School
At Allergic Living, we’re saddened to report that Jagger Shaw, 14, has died of anaphlaxis. The teen from Papillion, Nebraska,… Read more »
For Food Allergy Awareness Week: Making the Invisible So Visible
Let’s face it, those of us with multiple food allergies don’t stand out in a crowd. We don’t look obviously… Read more »
Stressed Allergy Families Grapple with Hypoallergenic Formula Shortage
Until it was recalled in February 2022, EleCare Jr Unflavored formula provided about 90 percent of 9-year-old Evan’s nutrition. Since… Read more »