Elijah-Alavi Foundation

08/20/2026

Many schools stock EpiPens and follow certain safety protocols. Still, Amanda Bee continues to advocate for safety and inclusion in the classroom.

08/20/2026

💜 Today is extra special! 🎉

Today we celebrate Elijah’s brother, Sebastin, on his 14th birthday! 🎂 And on this special day, Elijah Builds a Park officially launches! 📚🌳

Through Elijah’s imagination, young readers are inspired to dream big, create, and build a better world together. 💜

✨ A celebration of imagination, belonging, creativity, and community.

📖 Official Launched Today!: August 20, 2026

Author: Dina Hawthorne
Illustrated by: Ramon Mitchell

🎉 The wait is over! Get your copy today. Link in bio! https://www.amazon.com/Elijah-Builds-Park-Ondina-Hawthorne/dp/1733902368?dplnkId=9dd1f5a7-94cd-4726-a7f1-fd17f70667f8&nodl=1

08/19/2026

Sponsored by the Early Childhood Anaphylaxis Collaborative, about 75% of childcare workers care for food-allergic babies and toddlers. Yet, many states do not ensure these educators get proper food allergy training. Advocates, including Thomas Silvera and AAFA, are part of the Early Childhood Anaphylaxis Collaborative. It's a team on a mission to ensure childcare workers know exactly how to respond to anaphylaxis. Learn all about this vital work for childcare allergy training – and how you can help the Collaborative here: https://www.allergicliving.com/2026/08/05/childcare-and-severe-food-allergies-a-critical-need-for-training/

Elijah-Alavi Foundation Early Childhood Anaphylaxis Collaborative Association for Early Learning Leaders Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)

08/15/2026

Share your voice at Let’s Talk Cough! Join us on Oct. 28, 2026, to share YOUR experience - with FDA, researchers, and people working on future treatments - on what it’s really like to live with chronic cough.

Sign up today to submit a written comment or let us know if you would like to be a speaker: https://aafa.org/asthma-allergy-research/our-research/chronic-cough-el-pfdd/

COPD Foundation
Global Allergy & Airways Patient Platform
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

08/14/2026

Field trips make kids' learning journeys come alive. But for students with food allergies and parents, field trips can trigger anxiety. How will allergy safety protocols be followed? How to navigate surprises? Psychologist Dr. Amanda Whitehouse and FARE's Dr. Kelly Cleary share illuminating, actionable tips on prepping kids and school staff for school trips. The goal? More joy, less fear. Learn what to do: https://www.allergicliving.com/2026/08/04/field-trips-and-food-allergies-how-to-turn-down-the-anxiety/

Dr. Whitehouse explains the preparation is more than just preventing reactions, "It’s helping every child participate fully, feel included, and make the same joyful memories as their classmates.”
Food Allergy Research & Education Dr. Amanda Whitehouse, Food Allergy Anxiety Psychologist Tamara Hubbard, LCPC

08/13/2026

Repost Lianne Mandelbaum: 🚨 IF YOU FLY, THIS MATTERS. PLEASE COMMENT. ✈️
The FAA is deciding what emergency medical supplies airlines should be required to carry — including epinephrine to treat anaphylaxis at 35,000 feet.
You may be thinking: I always carry my own epinephrine. Why does this matter to me?
Because even the most prepared traveler can need backup.
A reaction can require more than one dose.
Medication can accidentally be gate-checked.
It can be in the wrong bag or left at home.
Someone can experience their first-ever anaphylactic reaction on a flight and have no epinephrine at all.
And we have real cases in which passengers needed additional doses and the airline did not have what they needed — leaving them to rely on medication carried by another passenger.
Borrowing lifesaving medication from a stranger at 35,000 feet is not an emergency plan. It’s a gap.
The FAA’s proposed rule would move away from a specific checklist of medications toward a more flexible, performance-based standard.
We need to make sure “flexibility” does NOT mean uncertainty about whether epinephrine will actually be there.
📣 Please tell the FAA that every commercial aircraft should carry:
• A sufficient quantity of epinephrine
• An easy-to-use delivery form
• Appropriate dosing for adults AND children
• A clear minimum standard so lifesaving treatment does not depend on which airline you happen to be flying
You do NOT need to have food allergies to comment.
You do NOT need to be a physician.
You do NOT need to have experienced an in-flight reaction.
You just need to care that when a medical emergency happens miles above the ground, the tools to treat it are actually there.
I’ve created a sample comment letter with optional sections you can personalize. It only takes a few minutes.

🔗 PLEASE COMMENT AND SHARE. Link to resource 👇https://mailchi.mp/4b4e.../dear-grass-roots-advocate-5868973

08/12/2026

I'm excited to be speaking at the DTC & Patient Engagement Opening Keynote – The Patient Voice, Fierce Pharma Week 2026, taking place September 14–17, 2026 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Register & Join me: https://lnkd.in/gki2u9vc .

Looking forward to connecting with leaders across Pharma Marketing, Medical Affairs, PR & Communications, and Commercialization to explore innovative strategies, gain new insights, and collaborate across the full product lifecycle.


Looking forward to connecting with leaders across Pharma Marketing, Medical Affairs, PR & Communications, and Commercialization to explore innovative strategies, gain new insights, and collaborate across the full product lifecycle.

Fierce Life Sciences Events

08/12/2026

08/12/2026

About 1/3 of kids with food allergies are bullied. Because food allergies are “…silent…not noticeable” until a reaction happens and the treatment/aftermath are obvious, food allergic kids can become magnets for bullying. Experts Dr. Linda Herbert and Dr. Eyal Shemesh recommend ways to protect your child. Learn:
• How to tease out the truth.
• What to do about online bullying.
• Steps you can take if your child's bullied...and more.
See full story: https://www.allergicliving.com/2018/05/15/food-allergy-bullying-how-to-spot-if-your-child-is-a-target-and-actions-to-take/

Children’s National Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai