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AAAAI

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

February 28, 2023  |  AAAAI, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, CDC, Children, Civil-Rights, College, COVID-19, Education, EGID, Emergency, Emotional, 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, Medical-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Peanut, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Programs, Psych, PTSD, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Rights, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Self-Care, Support, Support-Group, Teens, Travel, Traveling

FAACT President and CEO, Eleanor Garrow-Holding, and Vice President of Programs, Linda Menighan, attended the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology (AAAAI) Virtual Annual Meeting from February 23-27, 2023,

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Blog

Holiday Tips from FAACT

December 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Celebrations, Christmas, Dining-Out, Diversity, Emergency, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Support, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations The holidays are here! Whether you are celebrating with friends or enjoying time off from work and school, food allergies never take a break. A

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Blog

Avoiding Back-to-School Burnout

September 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, Diversity, Dorm, Education, Elementary, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Grandparent, Healthcare, High-School, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Nurse, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Resilience, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Self-Care, Student, Support, Support-Group, Tips

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations I love peppermint in any form – in my latte, ice cream, even body lotion. It's my pick-me-up when I am feeling sluggish or need a refresh of

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Summits

Highlights from FAACT's Summits

October 11, 2019  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Behavior, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Catered-events, Children, Civil-Rights, DBV Technologies, Dining-Out, early-intro, Education, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Know-The-FAACTs, KyleDine, Safety-Tips, School

by Caroline Moassessi Bridging a desperately needed gap, five years ago FAACT launched the inaugural Food Industry and Research Summit. “This is the only meeting in the nation where everyone comes together, from

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Emergency Strikes

If Emergency Strikes, Will You Be Prepared?

April 3, 2019  |  Action-Plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Education, Emergency, Epinephrine, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Readlabels, Safety-Tips, Support, Tips

We stared at the TV watching the ominous red blob inch closer and closer to our area. There was no doubt a major storm was headed our way. The weatherman encouraged everyone to take cover and prepare for a long evening

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