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Flying with food allergies: new review confirms commercial flights are much safer than you might think  22nd July 2025

For anyone living with food allergies—or caring for someone who does—the thought of experiencing a reaction at 30,000 feet can understandably trigger serious worry. People are well aware that help is far from being immediately available in the air, and
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Our statement regarding the inquest of Benedict Blythe  22nd July 2025

Anaphylaxis UK offers our condolences and heartfelt support to the family and friends of Benedict Blythe who was just five years old when he tragically died at school on 1st December 2021. 
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Anaphylaxis UK takes allergy training to the Isle of Man  16th July 2025

From 1st to 3rd July, Anaphylaxis UK carried out an impactful visit to the Isle of Man, delivering a series of tailored allergy awareness and training sessions to communities, schools, and healthcare professionals.  
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All Party Parliamentary Group for Allergy & NASG meeting 20th July 2015

06/03/2013 The Anaphylaxis Campaign was in attendance of a meeting held last Monday 4th March at the House of Commons by The All Party Parliamentary Group for Allergy, in conjunction with the National Allergy Strategy Group (NASG). Also attending were around

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AlleRiC Study Update: Stage 1 Completed 20th July 2015

16/08/2013 We’ve been busy working on the AlleRiC study, which is part of the Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM) project. iFAAM is the world’s largest ever study of food allergies and involves experts from around

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Celebrated Allergy Doctor dies aged 96 20th July 2015

The Anaphylaxis Campaign is sorry to announce that Dr Harry Morrow Brown, has died aged 96. Harry passed away on Thursday 22nd August at the Royal Derby Hospital after a short battle with recurrent heart-related illness. He was one of

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Off to University? Don’t let your allergy hold you back! Watch our new YouTube film for top advice and tips from a final year student 20th July 2015

Ahead of the first term back for university undergraduates this month we have released a short film on our YouTube channel. The five minute film features Helen, a student in her final year talking about her experiences of attending university while

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BBC highlights difficulties for allergic students 20th July 2015

16/09/2013 The BBC has highlighted the issues faced by new students looking to manage their allergy independently for the first time while heading off to university this September.  The article, in the health section of the BBC News Online pages, features

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The Anaphylaxis Campaign responds to the free school lunch announcement for infant school pupils in England 20th July 2015

18th September 2013 The Anaphylaxis Campaign welcomes the announcement yesterday from Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader and Deputy PM, that all pupils at infant schools in England are to have the option of free school lunches from next September (www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24132416).

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Prescription Charges Coalition – Update 20th July 2015

17 July 2013   The Prescription Charges Coalition is really pleased that Lib-Dem MP Sir Bob Russell raised many of the concerns of the Coalition during his debate on the impact of prescription charges for people with long-term conditions, referred

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See the Difference We Make! 20th July 2015

We recently summarised and published our impact as a charity in a report called 'The difference we make'. The report summarises what we achieved as a charity throughout 2012 and demonstrates how vital our work is in supporting people with

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MMR Vaccine 20th July 2015

The MMR vaccine is hot in the news at the moment with the recent measles outbreak.  As a result we have had calls to our helpline on this subject.  The advice from our Allergy Aunts is below.  If you have

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