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SUMMARY:Food Allergy Awareness Month 2026
DESCRIPTION:During National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month\, we also focus on food allergy awareness. \nA food allergy occurs when the body’s immune system sees a certain food as harmful and reacts by causing allergic symptoms. Foods that cause allergic reactions are allergens. \nAbout 20 million people in the U.S. have food allergies (16 million adults and 4 million children). We commonly hear about children with food allergies. But people can develop a food allergy at any age. Many adults develop food allergies even without a prior history of allergies. \nThere is no cure for food allergies. The only way to prevent an allergic reaction is to avoid the food you are allergic to. The good news is with the right steps\, you can manage your food allergies and live a full life. \nFind food allergy awareness information and social media tools on our Kids with Food Allergies website.
URL:https://aafa.org/event/food-allergy-awareness-month-2026/
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SUMMARY:World Asthma Day 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) celebrates World Asthma Day 2026 with the theme of “Access to anti-inflammatory inhalers for everyone with asthma – still an urgent need.” GINA continues to emphasize the need to ensure that all people with asthma can access inhaled medications that are essential for controlling the underlying disease and treating attacks. \nOn World Asthma Day\, AAFA will host a press briefing at the U.S. Capitol and visit congressional offices to call attention to challenges faced by people with asthma and allergies.   \nWe will be asking Congress to take action on:   \n\nMore affordable asthma and allergy treatments \n\n\nBetter health care coverage \n\n\nReduced barriers to health care \n\n\nGuidelines\, regulations\, and oversight to support healthy spaces \n\n\nFederal investment in asthma and allergy programs and research
URL:https://aafa.org/event/world-asthma-day-2026/
CATEGORIES:Awareness Events
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SUMMARY:2nd Annual Asthma Resource Fair
DESCRIPTION:The New York City Asthma Network (NYCAN) is hosting a free community resource fair on World Asthma Day\, May 5\, 2026. \nEveryone is welcome. There will be free asthma education and resources\, fun activities\, food\, giveaways\, and more! \nLearn more.
URL:https://aafa.org/event/2nd-annual-asthma-resource-fair/
LOCATION:Andrew Freedman Home (Grand Ballroom)\, 1125 Grand Concourse\, Bronx\, NY\, 10452\, United States
CATEGORIES:Awareness Events,Local Events
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SUMMARY:World Asthma Day Detroit - hosted by Climate Action Campaign
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, May 5\, 2025\, at 11:00 AM\, health professionals\, environmental justice advocates\, and a Detroit resident living with asthma will gather at William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor to mark World Asthma Day with a clear message: Michiganders are not expendable. \nAsthma affects 28 million Americans\, causing approximately 3\,500 deaths and 1 million emergency room visits every year and 44% of Americans now live in areas with unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution\, according to the American Lung Association’s 2026 State of the Air report. Detroit’s air quality is among the worst in the nation. Detroit’s frontline communities know this crisis firsthand. Black Americans are nearly 1.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with asthma and five times more likely to visit an emergency room because of it.  This disparity is driven in part by decades of redlining\, predatory zoning\, and industrial pollution concentrated in communities of color. \nThe Trump administration’s Polluters First Agenda is making things worse. By loosening restrictions on soot\, tailpipe\, climate\, and chemical pollution\, Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have created a toxic cocktail of carcinogens that Detroiters are forced to breathe every day while treating their lives as expendable. \nThis World Asthma Day\, speakers will demand that the EPA uphold science\, and protect the communities most harmed by pollution. Clean air is not a partisan issue and Americans are not expendable. \nWHO: \n\nKathleen Slonager\, RN\, AE-C\, Executive Director\, AAFA Michigan Chapter\nThomasenia Weston\, Detroit Resident Impacted by Asthma\nSandra Turner-Handy\, Interim Executive Director\, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice\nBryan Smigielski\, Michigan Campaign Organizer\, Sierra Club\n\n  \nAbout the Climate Action Campaign \nClimate Action Campaign (CAC) is a vibrant coalition driving ambitious\, durable\, equitable federal action to tackle the climate crisis. By cutting carbon pollution and accelerating the transition to clean energy\, we will improve public health and create a more resilient economy and a more sustainable future for all.
URL:https://aafa.org/event/world-asthma-day-detroit-hosted-by-climate-action-campaign/
LOCATION:Detroit Riverwalk\, near the Cullen Family Carousel
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