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COVID-19

FAACT's Resource Page on COVID-19

April 9, 2020  |  AAAAI, ACAAI, Action-Plan, Adolescents, Adults, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, CDC, Children, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Parent, Pediatrician, Readlabels, Safety-Tips, School, Self-Care, Support, Teens, Tips, Travel, WHO, Workplace

Updated 9/4/22 Given the global spread of novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, we appreciate that these are uncertain and stressful times. The safety and health of all individuals is always the highest priority

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ACAAI

Highlights from the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting

November 26, 2019  |  ACAAI, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Education, Epinephrine, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Healthcare, Support

FAACT CEO, Eleanor Garrow-Holding, just attended the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology – one of the nation’s leading associations for medical care professionals working on

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ACAAI

Despite Reports of Shortages, Epinephrine Autoinjectors are Available

July 10, 2019  |  ACAAI, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Board-certified-allergist, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Medication, Patient, Pediatrician, Preparedness

Allergists can teach patients how to use alternatives ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – (July 10, 2019) – As parents start to plan for the upcoming school year, many are worried they won’t be

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Sue Kelly, BSN, RN

Calling All Nurses: 5 Ways to Take Better Care of Your Food Allergic Patients

September 11, 2018  |  ACAAI, Action-plan, Action-Plan, Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Back-To-School, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Civil-Rights, civilrights, Elementary, Eosinophil, eosinophilicawareness, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, food-allergy-blog, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Nurse, Nurses, Patient, Pediatrician, readlabels, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Support, Teens

by Susan Kelly, BSN, RN I’m writing this as both a registered nurse who works for an allergist, and also as a food allergy and EoE mom for over a decade. Nurses are caregivers, teachers, advocates, scientists,

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FAACT, ACAAI, NPB Partner on Early Intro to Peanut

FAACT, ACAAI, NPB Partner on Early Intro to Peanut

April 24, 2018  |  ACAAI, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Awareness, Board-certified-allergist, early-intro, Education, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Know-the-faacts, NPB, Patient, peanut, Pediatrician, Registered-dietitians

Video Series, Website Helps Parents Introduce Peanuts Early to Prevent Allergy Actor, director, entrepreneur and father Justin Baldoni partners with the National Peanut Board to encourage parents to follow new peanut

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2017 American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Updates

2017 American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Updates

November 2, 2017  |  ACAAI, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Education, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medications

FAACT attended the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology in Boston – one of the nation’s leading associations for medical care professionals working on allergies and

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