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25
Nov

FAAN Helps to Introduce New School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act

AllergyReady.com partner The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN™) has been working with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) on federal legislation that would encourage states to adopt laws requiring schools to have on hand “stock” epinephrine auto-injectors – meaning epinephrine that is not prescribed specifically to a single student but can [...]

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19
Aug

New Online Course Teaches Educators How to Prepare for Anaphylaxis

Educators across the U.S. now have access to a free, interactive online course at www.allergyready.com that provides a comprehensive tutorial on managing anaphylaxis in schools. This tool comes at a critical time as new prevalence figures show as many as 1 in 13 U.S. children have a food allergy, and nearly 40 percent of those [...]

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29
Jul

New online food allergy and anaphylaxis course for schools introduced at NASN 2011

Educators and school nurses across the U.S. will soon have access to an interactive online course at www.allergyready.com designed to provide a comprehensive tutorial on managing food allergies and anaphylaxis in schools. The program is being introduced tomorrow by Christine Szychlinski, APN, CPNP of Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago at the annual conference of the [...]

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27
Jul

Research Shows Allergies in Children Becoming More Common and Severe

According to a new national survey, 8 percent of children in the US suffer from a food allergy – many more than expected. The research – funded by FAI and the largest study of its kind – found that 5.9 million children under 18 have a food allergy, and almost 40% of these children have [...]

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