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AAAAI

New Research Results from American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology​ (AAAAI) Annual Meeting

March 1, 2022  |  AAAAI, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, COVID-19, COVID19, DEI, Diversity, Education, EoE, Eosinophil, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Guidelines, Healthcare, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Nurses, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Registered-dietitians, Resilience, Resources, Risk, Risk-taking, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Self-care, Student, Support, Support-Group, Travel

FAACT President and CEO, Eleanor Garrow-Holding attended the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology (AAAAI) Virtual Annual Meeting from February 25-28, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona, as well as meeting with

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BTS

Back-to-School Tips and Tools

September 1, 2021  |  Action-Plan, Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Guidelines, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Parent, Preparedness, Quarantine, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Student, Support, Teens

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT\'s Vice President of Community Relations Finally, the much-anticipated return to school has arrived. Many of our children are back-to-school in person, leaving some of us with a large

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College

New FAACT College Resource Center

May 1, 2021  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Caregivers, Checklists, Civil-Rights, College, COVID-19, COVID19, Dating, Dining-Out, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Emotions, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-Allergy-Awareness-Month, Food-allergy-blog, FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek, FoodService, Friends, Healthcare, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medical-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Psych, Readlabels, Recipes, Registered-Dietitians, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Risk, Risk-taking, Roommates, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Senior, Student, Support, Teal, Tips, University, Work, Workforce, Workplace

New FAACT College Resource Center In honor of Food Allergy Awareness Month, FAACT is launching our new College Resource Center – a comprehensive toolkit covering the phases of starting college, a trade school, or a

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College

Top Three Steps to Saying “Yes” to College During COVID-19

March 1, 2021  |  Action-plan, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Civil-Rights, College, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Dining-Out, Dorm, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Foodservice, Guidelines, Healthcare, High-School, Housing, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Nutrition, Parent, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Registered-Dietitians, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Support

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice-President of Community Relations March is a nail-biter for both upcoming college students waiting to hear good news about their college applications and parents grappling with sending

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EGH

Bringing Hope, Love, and Empathy into the New Year for Those Living with Food Allergies

January 4, 2021  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, Compassion, Dining-Out, Education, EGID, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, eosinophil, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Healthcare, Holiday, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medication, Milk, Mom, Mother, Parent, Peanut, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, School, Sesame, Support, Support-Group, Teens, Tips, Travel, Traveling, TreeNuts, Wheat

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO December 5th, 2004 is a day I will never forget. On this day 17 years ago, my dad was laid to rest; and 16 years ago, 19-month-old Thomas had his first anaphylactic

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