Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.
The CDC quickly adopted the panel’s recommendation, opening a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids. https://t.co/8kRy78m314
One in 13 children, or roughly two in every classroom, has a food allergy. It's important that parents and schools work together to create a food allergy care plan. https://t.co/OkYe5TKXa2
Many kids with food allergies also have asthma. DYK that @AAFANational * has an online support community that can help you with strategies for managing your child's asthma? https://t.co/K6I9nOaIIA
*KFA is a division of AAFA
A severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis typically involves symptoms from two or more body systems. Kids and adults may describe these symptoms differently. Prompt delivery of epinephrine helps to stop the symptoms quickly. https://t.co/MlbUiHumft
Guidelines from NIAID help parents introduce their infants to peanut products to prevent peanut allergy. This video explains how to introduce peanut to your child who has begun solid foods. https://t.co/N0zOPS6M81
World Allergy Organization (WAO) will host World #Allergy Week from June 13 to 19, 2021, to raise awareness of #anaphylaxis risks, triggers, treatment, and prevention. Start planning to participate in the activities.
https://t.co/SlITREQYZg
World Allergy Organization (WAO) will host World #Allergy Week from June 13 to 19, 2021, to raise awareness of #anaphylaxis risks, triggers, treatment, and prevention. Start planning to participate in the activities.
https://t.co/SlITREQYZg
#WorldAllergyWeek: Anaphylaxis under the spotlight
For many people, foods such as egg, milk, peanuts, nuts, fish, shellfish, sesame, soya and wheat are the trigger for anaphylaxis. https://t.co/9THh4LJp3b
If your child has asthma, you need to know about the updated asthma treatment guidelines that recommend new ways to take asthma medicines and reduce indoor triggers that may change their treatment plan. https://t.co/D63ekL3LD1
AAFA recently worked with @KomodoHealth to highlight ethnic and racial disparities in asthma in a report, Evaluating Links Between Asthma Outcomes and Racial Composition of Major U.S. Cities. Read more: https://t.co/aP5PfIil5D
#MDW marks the return of summer vacation, including traveling, as #COVID19 becomes better controlled.
@benrossavik writes on the still-existing challenges and limitations of traveling internationally:
https://t.co/CQHzQDkpUV