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Tag: food allergies

photo of a meat case in a supermarket
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Tick-borne Meat Allergy Has Risen in North Carolina

by Jared Weber August 24, 2018

By Jared Weber On an average midsummer afternoon of 2017, Susan Davis noticed that a large tick had latched onto her waist. She had been walking her dog, Onyx, in the woods surrounding her Chapel Hill home earlier that day. Davis, an audio journalism consultant, plucked the tick off quickly. Though a “very itchy red […]

plaate showing boiled peanuts
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Ramping Up Food Allergy Prevention

by Catherine Clabby August 15, 2017August 16, 2017
Karrie and Brayden Baylor share a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup 3 years after Brayden started treatment for his peanut allergies.
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, Nutrition, Research News

New Research Points to Feeding Peanuts Early to Avoid Allergy

by Editor May 5, 2015May 5, 2015
Posted inChildren's Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health, State Health Policy

Health Care Budget Briefs: Epi Pens, Tanning Beds, Raise the Age

by Jasmin Singh July 31, 2014May 15, 2017
L to R: Red shirts are parents. Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio, Teri Saurer, Commissioner Kim Ratliff, Mecklenburg County Health Director Marcus Plescia.
Posted inChildren's Health, Healthcare Workers, NC Health Briefs

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Will Have One Nurse in Every School

by Brenda Porter-Rockwell June 18, 2014July 19, 2017
EpiPen on a thigh
Posted inChildren's Health, Featured, State Health Policy

School Nurses Push for EpiPens

by Editor October 22, 2013October 23, 2013

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