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It’s OFFICIAL: Huge AAFA Advocacy Victory! School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program Act, H.R. 2468 Becomes Law
New legislation helps states protect students with asthma and allergies nationwide
This bipartisan legislation will help millions of U.S. children manage asthma and food allergies at school. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is proud to have led the charge on the bill from the beginning.
Washington D.C., Jan. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today the president signed H.R. 2468, the School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program Act into law. This bipartisan legislation will help millions of U.S. children manage asthma and food allergies at school. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is proud to have led the charge on the bill from the beginning.
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It’s OFFICIAL: Huge AAFA Advocacy Victory! School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program .
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of AmericaJanuary 6, 2021 GMT
This bipartisan legislation will help millions of U.S. children manage asthma and food allergies at school. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is proud to have led the charge on the bill from the beginning.
This bipartisan legislation will help millions of U.S. children manage asthma and food allergies at school. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is proud to have led the charge on the bill from the beginning.
CDC reveals at least 21 Americans have suffered life threatening allergic reactions to Pfizer s COVID vaccine - but officials beg people to get the shot and say problems are rare
A new report from the CDC revealed 21 out of 1.9 million suffered anaphylaxis after getting the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech s coronavirus vaccine
Of the patients, 17 had a history of allergies or allergic reactions and 71% occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination
Four people were admitted to the hospital, but all have since recovered or were discharged home
The CDC says the rate of the life-threatening allergic reaction is 11.1 cases of per million doses compared with one case per million for the flu
A Massachusetts bill classifying biomass as renewable reignites a decade-old fight
Photo courtesy of René Théberge
When Tanisha Arena thinks of the proposed biomass facility in Springfield, Massachusetts, she remembers a recent fire in a nearby trash incinerator that blanketed her neighborhood in smoke. That smoke was the last thing her city needed, she said. It was October, in the middle of allergy season and a respiratory pandemic, in the asthma capital of the United States.
When Arena remembers hiding from that smoke, she imagines a biomass incinerator burning wood in her backyard. Her community cannot handle any more pollution, she said.