Emergency Epinephrine in schools will save lives - Thehill.com

Recently, Virginia passed a law requiring schools to stock epinephrine and authorizing school staff to administer it to any child believed to be suffering an anaphylactic reaction. Known as “Amarria’s Law,” the bill was inspired by an incident in ...

Emergency supply of epinephrine now required in all Maryland schools - Baltimore Sun

In what parents and health organizations called a life-saving measure, Gov. Martin O' Malley signed into a law Tuesday a bill that will require all Maryland schools to maintain an emergency supply of epinephrine in order to respond to a growing ...

Heloise: Guidelines for using epinephrine - Houston Chronicle

With food allergies on the rise, especially among children, many people have an epinephrine auto-injector on hand. Here is important and potentially lifesaving information that you need: Prescriptions come with two injectors for a reason. They should not ...

Heloise: Some information about epinephrine auto-injectors - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

DEAR READERS: With food allergies on the rise, especially among children, many people have an epinephrine auto-injector on hand. Here is important and potentially lifesaving information that you need to know about it: ■ Prescriptions come with ...

Bill aims to make epinephrine in schools mandatory - TriCities.com

A new bill co-sponsored by United States Congressman, Dr. Phil Roe, hopes to make epinephrine shots in schools mandatory across the country. Currently only Nebraska and Virginia have laws in place requiring schools to stock epinephrine and ...

The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and Families of Kids Lost to Food Allergies Mobilize on Capitol Hill - Marketwatch

The urgency behind the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act (S. 1884/H.R. 3627) is heartbreakingly illustrated by Pendleton's loss. Her 7-year-old daughter Amarria died earlier this year after eating a peanut at the Chesterfield ...

Dad lobbies to require California schools to stock allergy-attack medication - Contra Costa Times

Had the Homs had epinephrine, widely known by the brand name EpiPen, when they were vacationing in 2008, BJ might have survived after eating mousse at a Mexican resort. In anaphylactic shock, time is critical. Food allergies afflict about 8 ...

Hoyer Remarks at Bipartisan Briefing on School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act - News Room America

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered remarks today at a bipartisan briefing on the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, which he sponsored with Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN). Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery ...

Column: Michigan's schools must do more to protect children against food allergies - MLive.com

That’s why Lewis and her children’s pre-K education center took preemptive action, training staff to use and stocking inexpensive, easy-to-use emergency epinephrine auto-injectors that could save her children’s lives. Unfortunately ...

EpiPen laws spreading, but not fast enough - Washington Post

The new law requires schools to establish policies regarding the use and availability of epinephrine, an emergency treatment for allergic reactions. Its passage is part of a larger movement to recognize the growing danger that allergies pose to ...