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Food Allergy: A National and Deadly Problem
Max Rosland, a 7-year-old elementary school student from Carter Lake, Iowa, was placed on a heart-lung bypass machine last month because of a severe allergic reaction to a peanut he ate at school. He survived. Ammaria Johnson, a first-grader from Richmond, Virginia went into anaphylactic shock and tragically died January 2 after eating a peanut her classmate gave her during recess.
Read moreFLU SHOTS STILL NECESSARY
When a nurse with 30 years experience was asked if she gets a flu shot, Deborah Braun laughed and said, “Every year!”
The Manassas, Virginia nurse said that she learned her lesson about the flu shot many years ago when she was working in pediatrics.
“I didn’t get the shot and despite all of my precautions of washing hands and keeping utensils wiped clean, I still became very sick. I’ve had a flu shot every year since,” she said.
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