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Why aren't life-saving injectors everywhere in public? Michelle Ferreri is so worried about her 8-year-old son’s peanut allergies, she makes sure he carries an EpiPen epinephrine injector with him in a fanny pack and a backup in his backpack. There’s another one at...

Orla Nazarko says a lack of understanding is keeping a potentially life-saving first aid tool out of her daughter's school. Nazarko's daughter Mila, 6, has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts but the Winnipeg School Division refuses to allow an EpiPen cabinet in her...

Seconds count! Let's be ready. Eleven year old Ella Eddy has a life threatening peanut and nut allergy, so she takes allergies seriously. When she and her parents heard that Kelly Dunfield had created an Epi-pen station and that it had already saved a life, they...

Each year in the U.S. 200,000 people require emergency medical care for allergic reactions to food The hard work of getting legislation passed to allow public entities to stock and administer epinephrine has been accomplished. But much remains to be done in order to...

Quick access to EpiPens can save lives If you have ever experienced or witnessed anaphylaxis, the most severe and life threatening type of allergy, you’ll know how important it is to be able to quickly access an epinephrine auto-injector. Read more from the...

When Ella Eddy first heard that there was an Epipen station on the market that was being installed in public places and that it had already saved a life in New Brunswick, she and her parents immediately thought about the importance of having one in her school. At the...

There could literally only seconds to spare when someone is experiencing a severe allergic reaction, but at least one public facility in Saint John says it’s prepared should the need arise. There could literally only seconds to spare when someone is experiencing a...

Calling 911 may not be fast enough Carrying an epinephrine auto-injector, especially when planning to eat food served at a public place, can be a life-saving proposition. But should forgetting yours that one time, or not being able to communicate where it is, or how...

When in doubt administer the epinephrine There are times when emergency physicians can’t be 100 percent sure a person is suffering from a severe allergic reaction, known as anaphylaxis, and may hesitate to use epinephrine. A new article says when in doubt – administer...

Some don't even know they have a deadly allergy A unique public epinephrine auto-injector program in the Sussex-area saved its first life on Saturday, after a man with an unknown allergy went into anaphylactic shock. Read the full story on the Global News website