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Astepro Nasal Antihistamine Spray Is Approved to Be Sold Without a Prescription
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a nasal antihistamine for nonprescription use through a process called a partial prescription to nonprescription switch....
Understanding Asthma in Children
We thank Omron Healthcare, Inc. for their sponsorship of this blog post to help us share information about asthma in children. This is a...
Humidity’s Role in Asthma and Allergy Management
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air. Too much or too little humidity can contribute to asthma , allergies , skin...
Questions About Asthma and Allergies? Ask the Allergist
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has launched our new Ask the Allergist knowledge base . For more than 20 years, our...
Health Insurance 101: Open Enrollment
This is the time of year when you start hearing a lot about health insurance enrollment for 2017. Here is a review of what...
If You Have a Shellfish Allergy, Don’t Eat Cicadas No Matter How Tasty They...
You’ve probably heard the buzz as billions, if not trillions, of Brood X cicadas are coming out of their 17-year breeding cycle in much...
Mapping America’s Asthma Disparities: AAFA Works With Komodo Health to Map Asthma Data
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) recently worked with Komodo Health to highlight ethnic and racial disparities in asthma. Komodo Health analyzes...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): What People With Asthma Need to Know
Updated 5/28: The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is still highly active through the U.S. Read the current recommendations for people with asthma including...
Managing Asthma in 2021 (Video and Resources)
Update: If you missed the webinar, we added the video below. We also included some resources on additional information discussed in the webinar. Understanding...
Myths About Albuterol (Is It Addicting? Is It Performance Enhancing?)
Part 5: Asthma and Allergy Myths, Busted! Dr. M. Itch is back for the final round of asthma and allergy myth busting for National...