Emergency medication for severe allergies at schools

(The Boston Globe, November 14, 2013)

The deaths of two girls in Illinois and Virginia from severe food allergies have helped spur efforts to get schools to stockpile emergency medications that can save lives. President Obama signed a bipartisan bill that offers a financial incentive to states if schools stockpile epinephrine, considered the first-line treatment for people with severe allergies. Epinephrine is used for severe allergic reactions, called anaphylaxis, to food, insect bites, latex, and medication.