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Spring is here and so is the pollen. If you have seasonal allergies, see the most challenging cities to live in with spring and fall pollen allergies in our 2022 Allergy Capitals™ Report. We have tips to help you cope too!
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The Elijah E. Cummings Family Asthma Act has been reintroduced to the House of Representatives. If passed, it would expand asthma programs to every state, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Read our blog post about the bill and use our simple tool to contact your lawmakers to ask them to pass the Family Asthma Act. |
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One way to reduce allergens (like dust mite allergen) in your home is to wash them out of your clothes, bedding, and stuffed toys. CERTIFIED asthma & allergy friendly® laundry appliances and detergent can help you do just that. Find products we've tested and certified to make sure they can help you remove allergens from the fabrics in your home.
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The FDA has approved the first generic version of this inhaler used to treat asthma and COPD. Read the press release.
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Some lots of Jergens® Ultra Healing Moisturizer have been recalled because of bacterial contamination that might be harmful to people with certain health issues. Read the press release.
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A counterfeit COVID-19 antigen rapid test has been circulating around the United States. If you have any COVID-19 tests at home or at work, read about this recall. |
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Despite improvements in the delivery of asthma care and health care reform, the outcomes gap between people of color and white communities has not been reduced in over a decade.
If you are a health care professional interested in learning more about treating patients with type 2 asthma, reducing this gap, and improving outcomes for people of color with asthma, join us for a webinar titled “TARGETING ASTHMA: Community-based Strategies to Enhance Care Access for Children, Adolescents, and Adults – Focus on Social Determinants of Health and Inequities in Care” on Tuesday, April 5 at 2 p.m. ET.
Join an expert panel at this free interactive online continuing medical education (CME) course for a discussion on health inequities for patients with asthma and how to enhance care access and foster long-term asthma control. The panel will also discuss:
- Strategies to enhance access to individualized care among people of racial and ethnic minorities
- How to identify patients with moderate-to-severe asthma who may benefit from targeted biologic agents
- How to identify the place of type-2-targeted biologics in the management of moderate-to-severe asthma
- And much more
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PROVIDING A LIFELINE OF SUPPORT
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An asthma or allergy diagnosis can be concerning, but it can be managed with support from your health care team and the many resources AAFA offers. Everything we do is in service of helping people with asthma and allergies, their families and their communities. We elevate the voice of the patient always, and without fail, put their interests first.
For 69 years, we've served the asthma and allergy community. Please consider donating today to support our mission to save lives and reduce the burden that asthma and allergies put on people and their families.
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If you didn't get a chance to read our February 2022 issue, check it out to learn more about Black health in America, 504 plans for school children with asthma and allergies, choosing an air cleaner, and more.
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