Natasha’s Law improves U.K. Allergen Labeling
The United Kingdom already labels more allergens than the United States. Now, with the passage of Natasha’s Law, their allergen labeling is about to get a whole lot better. Read More …
Tag: death
Love Remembers Day Trailblazer Award Nominations 2019
It’s time to remember those lost to anaphylaxis, and to nominate advocates we hope will win the Love Remembers Day Trailblazer Awards in 2019! Read More …
Elijah’s Echo
Elijah Silvera would have turned five years old today. His death following ingestion of a grilled cheese sandwich at preschool still strikes a chord for many food-allergic families because it goes against type. Read More …
Thankful Thursday – At Least Our Kids Get Diagnosed
My husband’s late grandmother was fond of telling this story: When her oldest child was a baby, in the late 1940s, he had to go into the hospital for a hernia. While there with him, hubby’s grandma noticed several very tiny babies. They were sickly, and she asked what was wrong with them. The hospital staff Read More …
Food Allergy Stats You Don’t Often See
The USA has a big proportion of the world’s anaphylactic allergies, and an even greater share of its epinephrine. I’ve looked at some numbers and determined that the USA is a pretty good place to live if you have allergies! Read More …
Too, too many
Can anyone explain what it is about this time of year? Nearly a year ago, I was lamenting that I wanted to crawl back under a food allergy rock and not pay attention to all of the deaths that were happening, one on top of the other. Now, here we are in mid-October and we’ve Read More …
Losses
As another death rocks the food allergy community, I’ve been thinking about my involvement in it. As you probably know, I’m no stranger to food allergies, nor to the fact that they can kill. But unlike many people, when my sons were diagnosed with food allergies I didn’t take to the internet to look for Read More …