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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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EGH

A Year Worth Celebrating

January 1, 2023  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, COVID-19, COVID19, DEI, Dorm, Dorm Life, Eating, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Feelings, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Graduation, Grandparent, Grateful, Healthcare, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Housing, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Preparedness, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Student, Summer-camp, Support, Support-group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teen-conference, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, University, Vacation

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President and CEO At times if felt like that old adage of “two steps forward, one step back,” but I think we were all delighted by the progress in getting people back to

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Are You Ready for Back-to-School with Food Allergies?

August 1, 2022  |  Action-Plan, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, COVID-19, Diversity, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Grandparent, Guidelines, High-School, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Nurse, Nurses, Nutrition, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Recipes, Registered-Dietitians, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Student, Support, Support-Group, Teens, Tips

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations Time to dust off lunch boxes and backpacks as you print out your student’s updated Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan. Saying goodbye to

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College

College Crunch Time

March 2, 2022  |  Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, College, COVID-19, COVID19, Dining-out, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Guidelines, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-Singles, Medication, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Readlabels, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Self-care, Student, Support, Teens, University, Work, Workforce, Workplace

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations The next few weeks, when your student sits down to decide which college they will call home for the next four years, might be a mix of magical and

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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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Blog

Valentine's Gems To Warm Your Heart

February 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Baking, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, Candy, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, COVID-19, COVID19, Dating, Dining-Out, Dorm, Education, Elementary, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Heart, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Nonprofit, Parent, Pinterest, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Self-care, Student, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teens, Tips, Valentines-Day

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations I love a good, old-fashioned gushy moment about unconditional love printed on a frilly pink card. As I recently cruised the greeting card aisles, I was

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A Year Worth Remembering and a Bright Year Ahead with FAACT

January 9, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, civilrights, College, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Dining-out, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friendship, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Guidelines, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Programs, Resilience, Restaurant, Roommates, School, School-Resources, Self-Care, Summer, Summer-Camp, Support, Support-Group, Teen-Conference, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Vacation

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO I think we all feel a bit like that character in "Groundhog Day" who wakes up every morning to relive the same day. The fatigue of this pandemic is weighing on all

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Sharing Gratitude After a Challenging Year

December 6, 2021  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Christmas, Civil-Rights, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Education, Emotions, Empathy, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grateful, Gratitude, Healthcare, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medication, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Programs, Quarantine, Resilience, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, Self-Care, Student, Support, Support-Group, Teal-Love, Teens, Thank-You, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to bring challenges to our daily lives. Yet it has also helped us focus on what’s really important – family, friends, and health. FAACT is grateful for the many people who made it

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Let's Celebrate A Very TEAL Halloween

October 1, 2021  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Candy, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, COVID-19, COVID19, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Halloween, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Parent, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Student, Support

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations As a parent of children with food allergies, Halloween used to be my most dreaded time of year. But as I learned how to manage food allergies,

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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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