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. Spokesman Review, The (Spokane, WA) , District settles in boy's anaphylactic death School officials agree to protect children with food allergies Spokane School District has agreed to take new steps to protect children with food allergies and to pay a family whose son died during a school field trip. Neither party would reveal the amount of the settlement or whether anyone was considered at fault for the tragedy. In a settlement with the family of Nathan Walters, the year old Logan Elementary School student who died earlier this year after eating a peanut butter cookie, the district said it will revamp its food services program.. Courier Mail, The (Brisbane, Australia) , Allergy sufferer wins compo after flight ban A SYDNEY woman, who was banned from an international flight because she suffers from a peanut allergy, has won an out of court settlement with the airlines involved. Michelle Flanagan booked a trip to Ireland with Alitalia and KLM in , but her ticket was cancelled days before her departure. The airlines refused to allow her to fly after she informed them of her severe peanut allergy known as anaphylaxis because of concerns she might suffer a mid air attack. The condition is so.. Charlotte Observer, The (NC) , BATTLE PLAN SLOWS DOWN YOUR ALLERGIES If seasonal allergies have you feeling Sneezy, Sleepy or Dopey this spring, you'd be wise to arm yourself with more than just tissues. Although there is not yet a cure for hay fever, there are a few weapons in the allergy arsenal that effectively reduce irritating symptoms. Of course, say allergists, it takes more than drugs to win the war against allergic rhinitis. To be successful every year, you also have to have a battle plan Stay indoors when the pollen count is highest,.. Sun Sentinel May , GETTING ALLERGY RELIEF It's the season for sneezing. Allergies account for almost one tenth of missed workdays because one of six Americans suffers from abnormal sensitivity to a substance that does not bother most other people. Hay fever alone afflicts more than million people and costs about. billion a year in lost productivity, physician visits and medications. If your allergies are acting up, and they probably are, given Florida's recent pollution alert, consider the following.. The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution , HEALTH WATCH FDA pulls Seldane in favor of safer allergy drug Allegra Washington One of the nation's most popular allergy drugs, Seldane, will be pulled off the ket. because allergy sufferers now have a safer alternative, the manufacturer announced Monday. The Food and Drug Administration proposed banning Seldane a year ago because of potentially deadly side effects, but maker Hoechst ion Roussel fought the action. The FDA argued that the same company made a much safer alternative, Allegra, which fights allergies just as effectively.. Washington Post , SELDANE TO BE TAKEN OFF U. S. KET BY MAKER ALLERGY DRUG'S SIDE EFFECTS CITED BY FDA Saying allergy sufferers now can buy a safer treatment, the maker of Seldane announced Monday that it will pull the controversial antihistamine off the ket The Food and Drug Administration began proceedings to ban Seldane and Seldane D, a ongestant formula, a year ago because of potentially deadly side effects, but maker Hoechst ion Roussel balked. The FDA had argued that the same company made another drug called Allegra that fights allergies as effectively as Seldane but..
Modesto Bee, The (CA) , ALLERGY SEASON BLOOMS GRASS, RAGWEED NOSE'S TOP ENEMIES It's allergy season again. Or should we say still. Most Northern San Joaquin Valley dwellers who suffer from allergies rarely get a break from sneeze inducing, eye itching, nose running pollens tree pollen in mid winter, grass pollen in the spring and summer. In case you're wondering what kind of microspores are wreaking havoc on your sinuses now, the folks at the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology say it's grass and ragweed.. a Chronicle, The (GA) , PRECAUTIONS SUBDUE, GARDENING ALLERGIES NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION OFFERS TIPS FOR PREVENTING SNEEZING, COUGHING, OTHER SUFFERINGS The joy of gardening means many things to many people the smell of the earth as it warms in the spring, the satisfaction of nurturing young plants and the creative act of tending a living canvas of ever changing colors. But, for the million Americans who suffer from allergies, gardening can also mean sneezing, runny noses, watery eyes and itchy throats. Eva Benson knows this firsthand. As she crouches over her garden of daffodils and lantana, her eyes fill with tears under the.. USA TODAY , Wet winter ushers in early allergies Winter's wild mood swings are making spring allergy sufferers miserable earlier than usual in parts of the South, Southwest and West. "We have about. million people affected (by allergies) this week," says Gerald Kress, president of Surveillance Data Inc.

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