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Healthy People Library Project: The Science Inside

With funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Healthy People Library Project was created "to empower libraries to play an active role in increasing the quality and years of healthy life and eliminating health disparities for all Americans." Part of their work includes the electronic book series "The Science Inside"....

https://science-inside.aaas.org
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Created over fifty years ago, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID) "conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases." In recent years, the scope of the institute's research activities has expanded to include emerging issues such as the possibility of bioterrorism and West...

https://www.niaid.nih.gov
Study documents dramatic rise in the incidence of food allergies among children

WebMD: Food Allergy in Kids Up 18% http://www.webmd.com/allergies/news/20081022/food-allergy-in-kids-up-18-percent Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations [pdf] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db10.pdf Kids With Food Allergies [pdf] http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/ The Food Allergy Research and Resource Program [pdf] http://www.farrp.org/ The...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2008/1024
TalkAllergy

With more and more people (including children) suffering from the potentially debilitating effects of allergies, Scout Report readers will want to take note of this rather well-designed independent site based in the UK and designed to function as a information and support site for allergy sufferers and their families. New visitors to the site will want to take note of the free monthly newsletter...

https://www.talkhealthpartnership.com/talkallergy/